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.
Gingerbread: Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Fungal-amylase, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Vegetable Shortening (Hydrogenated Soybean And/or Cottonseed Oil), Molasses, Spices (Ginger, Cinnamon, Allspice, Cloves), Leavening (Baking Soda), Salt, Caramel Color. White Ready-to-use Icing: Confectioner's Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Water, Vegetable Shortening (Hydrogenated Soybean And/or Cottonseed Oil), Corn Syrup, Food Starch-modified (Corn), Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Polysorbate 60, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative). White Icing Mortar: Confectioner's Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Sugar, Dried Egg Albumen, Vegetable Shortening Powder [Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate (Milk), Mono And Diglycerides], Corn Starch, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Ammonium Aluminum Sulphate, Gum Arabic, Cream Of Tartar, Salt, Artificial Flavor, Magnesium Oxide. Mini Sugared Gum Drops: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Food Starch-modified (Corn), Food Starch-modified (Potato), Artificial And Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Fd&c Yellow #5, Fd&c Yellow #6, Fd&c Blue #1, Fd&c Blue #2, Fd&c Red #40, Fd&c Red #3. Mini Red And Green Candies: Dextrose, Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Calcium Stearate, Tapioca Dextrin, Titanium Dioxide (Color), Confectioner's Glaze, Carnauba Wax, Artificial Flavors, Fd&c Red #40, Fd&c Yellow #5, Fd&c Blue #1. Red/green Pinwheels: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Fd&c Red #40 Lake, Fd&c Yellow #5, Fd&c Blue #1, Natural Peppermint Flavor. Starlight Mini Balls: Sugar, Corn Syrup, Natural Peppermint Oil, Fd&c Red #40, Fd&c Blue #1, Fd&c Yellow #5, Fd&c Yellow #6.