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.
Macaroni And Cheese Sauce: Cheese Sauce: Water, Cheddar Club Cheese (Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto [Color]), Modified Whey, Soybean Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Cheese Flavor (Whey, Cheese [Granular And Blue {Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzyme}], Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid), Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Guar Gum, Beta Carotene (Color), Macaroni: Cooked Pasta: Water, Elbow Macaroni (Enriched Pasta [Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid]). Fish Sticks: Minced Alaska Pollock, Enriched Bleached And Unbleached Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate And/or Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Vegetable Oil (Soybean And/or Canola), Contains 2% Or Less Of: Modified Corn Starch, Yellow Corn Flour, Iodized Salt, Sugar, Whey, Yeast, Rice Flour, Corn Starch, Salt, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Sodium Caseinate, Caramel Color, Extractives Of Paprika (Color), Modified Cellulose, Oat Fiber, Mono And Diglycerides. Contains: Fish (Alaska Pollock), Milk, Wheat.