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.
Cake [Sugar, Water, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Eggs, Water, Soybean Oil, Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), Modified Corn Starch, Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Corn Syrup Solids, Whey, Wheat Gluten, Vital Wheat Gluten, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Salt, Sodium Bicarbonate, Olyllactylic Acid, Natural And Artificial Vanilla Flavor, Baking Powder (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), Dextrose, Sorbitan Mono-stearate, Polysorbate 60, Guar Gum, Mono And Diglycerides, Propylene Glycol Monoesters, Titanium Dioxide, Datem, Soy Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Sodium Propionate And Potassium Sorbate (Preservatives), Polysorbate 60, Beta Carotene, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Phosphoric Acid], Icing [Sugar, Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Water, Cocoa Processed With Alkali), Food Starch-modified, Guar Gum, Salt], Non Pareil [Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Palm Kernel And/or Coconut Oil, Natural Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Processed With Alkali, Lecithin (An Emulsifier), Artificial Flavor]