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.
Mix - Cake Mix (Sugar, Enriched Wheat Flour Bleached [Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiaminie, Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Food Starch-modified, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Eggs, Leavening [Baking Soda, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate], Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Propylene Glycol Mono- And Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Salt, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Soy Flour, Vital Wheat Gluten, Whey [Milk]), Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Water, Soybean Oil, Whole Eggs, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Strawberry Filling (Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Strawberries, Corn Syrup, Modified Food Starch, Evaporated Apple [Preserve With Sodium Sulfite], Preservatives [Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Propionate, Potassium Sorbate], Salt, Artificial Flavor, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Citric Acid, Red 40, Phosphoric Acid, Blue 1), Strawberry Filling (Strawberries, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup, Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Citric Acid, Natural Flavor, Sodium Benzoate, And Potassium Sorbate [Preservatives], Salt, F.d. & C. Red 40), Palm Oil, Natural Flavor, Egg Extender (Wheat Flour, Eggs, Soy Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Carboxymethyl Cellulose, Soya Lecithin, Salt, Sodium Bicarbonate, Annatto, Turmeric), Natural And Artificial Flavor, Icing Stabilizer (Dextrose, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Agar Agar, Contains 2% Or Less Locust Bean Gum, Mono- & Diglycerides), Icing Stabilizer (Dextrose, Calcium Sulfate, Calcium Carbonate, Agar, Contains 2% Or Less Salt, Mono- & Diglycerides, Locust Bean Gum, Titanium Dioxide, Artificial Flavor), Maltodextrin, Cocoa Processed With Potassium Carbonate, Icing Stabilizer (Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Agar, Salt, Monoglycerides), Cocoa Powder Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Titanium Dioxide (Color), Sodium Propionate (Preservative), Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Salt, Red Color (Water, Fd&c Red #40, Sodium Benzoate, Citric Acid).