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.
Egg Salad (Hard Cooked Eggs (Whole Eggs, Water, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate), Mayonnaise (Vegetable Oil [Soybean, Canola], Water, Distilled Vinegar, Egg Yolk, Sugar, Salt, Spice, Calcium Disodium Edta To Protect Flavor), Celery, Sweet Pickle Relish (Cucumbers, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Cauliflower, Vinegar, Water, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Spices, Red Pepper, Calcium Chloride, Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Alum, Turmeric, Natural Flavors, Polysorbate 80), Red Pepper (Bell Peppers, Water, Citric Acid), Salt, Prepared Yellow Mustard (Water, Distilled Vinegar, No. 1 Mustard Seed, Salt, Turmeric, Oleoresin Paprika & Spices), Black Pepper), Croissant (Enriched Wheat Flour (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Margarine (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils, Water, Sugar, Soybean Lecithin (Soy), Mono And Diglycerides, Artificial Flavor, Beta Carotene [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate Added), Sugar, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Non Fat Dry Milk Powder (Non Fat Dry Milk, Whey), Yeast And Baking Powder (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate), For Leavening, Dough Conditioner (Datem, Calcium Sulfate, Soybean Oil, Enzyme, Ascorbic Acid, L-cysteine), Vital Wheat Gluten, Natural Butter Powder (Natural Flavor, Dextrose, Maltodextrin, Propylene Glycol), Eggs, Calcium Propionate, Potassium Sorbate And Citric Acid (Preservatives)), Green Leaf Lettuce.