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.
Fruit Cocktail (Fruit [Peaches, Pears, Grapes, Pineapple, Cherries {Cherries, Carmine Color}], Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugar), Sour Dressing (Nonfat Milk, Palm Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Soybean Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Gelatin, Lactic Acid, Guar Gum, Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Citric Acid, Acetic Acid, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Carrageenan, Sodium Phosphate, Beta-carotene), Mandarin Orange Pieces In Light Syrup (Water, Sugar), Pineapple (Pineapple, Pineapple Juice, Citric Acid), Whipped Topping (Whipped Topping Base [Water, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains Less Than 2% Of The Following: Carbohydrate Gum, Polysorbate 60, Sugar, Polyglycerol Esters Of Fatty Acids, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Citrate, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Disodium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavor, Colored With Beta Carotene {For Color}], Sugar, Water, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Modified Corn Starch, Gelatin. Potassium Sorbate [Preservative], Citric Acid), Sugar, Coconut Flakes (Dessicated Coconut, Sugar, Water, Propylene Glycol, Salt, Cornstarch, Sodium Metabisulfite [Preservative]), Modified Corn Starch, Marshmallow (Corn Syrup, Sugar, Modified Cornstarch, Gelatin), Soybean Oil, Xanthan Gum.