This ratio can give you a sense of if this food is higher in carbs or lower in carbs than other foods by weight. Eating foods high in carbs can cause your blood glucose to spike faster than if the food or meal you're eating also contains protein or fat.
This ratio can estimate how much water this food contains relative to other foods. Water helps regulate body temperature, lubricate joints, flush out waste products, and protect our organs and tissue. Eating foods high in water can help you stay hydrated.
Cake Base (Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Soybean Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Mono And Diglycerides, Leavening (Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Modified Whey, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Sorbitan Monostearate, Calcium Acetate, Nonfat Milk, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Polysorbate 60, Egg, Soy Flour), Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Water, Whole Eggs, Soybean Oil, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Palm Oil, Lemon Juice, Icing Stabilizer (Dextrose, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Agar Agar, Contains 2% Or Less Locust Bean Gum, Mono- & Diglycerides), Lemon Peel (Lemon Peel, Water, Citric Acid), Icing Stabilizer (Dextrose, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Agar And 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Salt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Locust Bean Gum, Corn Starch, Artificial Flavor, Sodium Aluminosilicate [Flow Aid]), Inverted Sugar, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Lemon Emulsion (Water, Propylene Glycol, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Xanthan Gum, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Guar Gum, Mono And Diglycerides, Preservatives (Propyl Gallate, Citric Acid), Yellow 5), Titanium Dioxide (Color), Sodium Propionate (Preservative), Yellow Color (Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glycerin, Fd&c Yellow 5 [E 102], Sugar, Modifed Food Starch, Carrageenan, Sodium Benzoate And Potassium Sorbate (As Preservatives), Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid), Potassium Sorbate (Preservative).