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.
Fully Cooked Boneless Rib-shaped Pork Patty With Barbecue Sauce (Smoke Flavor Added): Pork, Barbecue Sauce [Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Molasses, Salt, Food Starch - Modified, Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor, Mustard Bran, Spices, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Caramel Color, Natural Flavor], Water, Seasoning [Tomato Powder, Dextrose, Brown Sugar, Natural Flavors, Spices, Corn Syrup Solids, Onion Powder, Natural Smoke Flavor, Garlic Powder, Salt, Sugar, Soy Sauce Solids (Wheat, Soybeans, Salt, Maltodextrin, Caramel Color), Tamarind], Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Protein Concentrate, Caramel Color), Salt, Sodium Phosphates Corn Dusted Hoagie Roll: Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Enzyme), Water, Sugar, Soybean Oil, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Yellow Corn Meal, Yeast (Yeast, Sorbitan Monostearate, Ascorbic Acid), Salt, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Monoglycerides With Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid (Antioxidants), Calcium Sulfate, Enzymes, Wheat Starch, Ascorbic Acid, Fd&c Yellow #5.