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.
Cream Cheese Icing [Cream Cheese (Pasteurized Milk And Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt, Carob Bean Gum, Guar Gum), Powdered Sugar (Sugar, Corn Starch), Sugar, Whip Topping (Water, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil, Sucrose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sodium Caseinate, Dextrose, Modified Cellulose Gum, Polysorbate 60, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Salt, Sorbitan Tristearate, Mono And Diglycerides, Polysorbate 65, Sodium Tripolyphosphate [Preservative], Polysorbate 80, Soy Lecithin, Carrageenan, Beta Carotene As Color), Butter Margarine Blend (Pasteurized Cream, Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils, Water, Salt, Mono- And Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor, Beta Carotene As Color, Vitamin A Palmitate), Fd&c Yellow #5], Sugar, Wheat Flour, Bananas, Egg Whites, Vegetable Oil (Soybean And/or Cottonseed Oils), Water, Leavening (Baking Powder [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate]), Salt, Natural & Artificial Flavors.