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]). Pizza: Crust (Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Malted Barley Flour], Water, Dextrose, Vital Wheat Gluten, Baking Powder [Sodium Bicarbonate, Cornstarch, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Calcium Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Soybean Oil, Salt, Yeast Blend [Yeast, Sorbitan Monostearate, May Contain Ascorbic Acid], Dough Conditioner [Wheat Flour, Salt, Soy Oil, L. Cysteine, Ascorbic Acid, Enzyme], Ascorbic Acid, Soy Flour, Cellulose, Corn Starch, Dicalcium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Stearate), Sauce (Water, Tomato Paste, Spice Blend [Salt, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spices, Xanthan And Guar Gum, Garlic Powder, 2% Or Less Of: Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid, Propylene Glycol, Tricalcium Phosphate], Modified Corn Starch), Mozzarella Cheese Substitute (Water, Soybean Oil, Casein, Milk Protein Concentrate, Modified Corn Starch, Modified Potato Starch, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Disodium Phosphate, Mozzarella Cheese Type Flavor [Mozzarella Cheese {Milk, Culture, Rennet, Salt}, Milk Solids, Disodium Phosphate], Salt, Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Maltodextrin, Nutrient Blend [Magnesium Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin And Vitamin B-12], Vitamin A Palmitate), Diced Fat Reduced Pepperoni (Pork, Beef, Water, Textured Vegetable Protein Product* [Soy Protein Concentrate, Zinc Oxide, Niacinamide, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Gluconate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Calcium Pantothenate, Thiamine Mononitrate {B1}, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride {B6}, Riboflavin {B2}, And Cyanocobalamin {B12}], Salt, Less Than 2% Of: Spices, Dextrose, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin Paprika, Flavoring, Sodium Nitrite, Bha, Bht, Citric Acid). *Ingredient Not Found In Regular Pepperoni. Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat.