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.
Tarragon Chicken Salad (Cooked White Meat Chicken, Salad Dressing [Soybean Oil, Water, Vinegar, Sugar, Egg Yolks, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Mustard Flour, Spice, Paprika, Natural Flavor, Dried Garlic], Celery, Water Chestnuts, Almonds, Contains 2% Or Less Bread Crumbs [Bleached Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Salt], Dijon Mustard [Distilled Vinegar, Water, Mustard Seed, Salt, White Wine, Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid, Spices], Sugar, Shallots, Salt, Distilled Vinegar, Spices, Glucono Delta Lactone, Modified Food Starch, Gum Arabic, Whey), Whole Wheat Tortilla (Whole Wheat Flour, Water, Vegetable Shortening [Interesterified Soybean Oil, Fully Hydrogenated Soybean Oil], Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Salt, Dextrose, Corn Starch, Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate], Fumaric Acid, Mono-and Diglycerides, Yeast, Preservatives [Potassium Sorbate, Calcium Propionate], Carboxymethylcellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Enzymes [Wheat Starch, Microcrystalline Cellulose], Dough Conditioner [Sodium Metabisulfite]), Spinach Tortilla (Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Water, Vegetable Shortening [Interesterified Soybean Oil, Fully Hydrogenated Soybean Oil], Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Spinach Flavoring [Maltodextrin, Spinach Powder, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Spices, Salt, Modified Food Starch, Dehydrated Spinach, Natural Flavors, Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Sugar, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Red 40], Salt, Mono -and Diglycerides, Dextrose, Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate], Fumaric Acid, Yeast, Preservatives [Calcium Propionate, Potassium Sorbate], Corn Starch, Carboxymethylcellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Enzymes [Wheat Starch, Microcrystalline Cellulose], Dough Conditioner [Sodium Metabisulfite]).