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: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Sugar, Soybean Oil, Eggs, Water, Buttermilk (Cultured Lowfat Milk, Nonfat Milk, Food Starch-modified, Sodium Citrate, Locust Bean Gum, Carrageenan, Mono- And Diglycerides, Salt, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3), Butter (Cream [Milk], Natural Flavor), Lemon Zest (Lemon Peel, Sugar, Lemon Oil), Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Food Starch-modified, Dry Whole Milk, Natural Flavor, Whey (Milk), Concentrated Lemon Juice, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Lime Puree (Concentrated Lime Juice, Water, Lime Pulp, Lime Oil, Lime Peel), Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid, Cellulose Gum, Beta-carotene (Color). Icing: Icing Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Lemon Juice, Palm Oil Shortening, Butter (Cream [Milk], Natural Flavor), Corn Syrup, Guar Gum, Mono- And Diglycerides, Natural Flavor.