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 Mix (Sugar, Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Enriched With Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Vegetable Shortening [Soybean Oil, Vegetable Mono And Diglycerides, Distilled Propylene Glycol Ester, Tocopherols (Vitamin E) And Vitamin C Palmitate (As Antioxidant)], Cocoa (Processed With Alkali). Contains 2% Or Less Of Each Of The Following: Vegetable Shortening (Palm Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 60), Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate), Salt, Caramel Color (Contains Sulfites), Food Starch-modified, Artificial Flavor, Red 40, Egg Whites, Whey (Milk), Soy Flour), Water, Whole Egg (Whole Egg, Citric Acid), Milk Chocolate Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel And Palm Oil, Cocoa Powder, Whey Powder, Nonfat Milk Powder, Soy Lecithin And Vanilla), White Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel And Palm Oils, Whey Powder, Nonfat Milk, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavor, Vanilla, Titanium Dioxide), Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Cornstarch), Vegetable Shortening (Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil [Palm Kernel Oil, Soybean Oil], Soy Lecithin), Decoration (Sugar, Cornstarch, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Soy Lecithin, Gum Arabic, Confectioner's Glaze, Blue #1 Lake, Yellow #5 Lake, Yellow #5 Dye, Red #3) Corn Syrup, Invert Sugar, Potassium Sorbate, Propylene Glycol.