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Are the ingredients of food packaging in order of weight or volume?

Nov 09, 2008 by Hank Thomas | Posted in Other - Food & Drink

Food packaging lists the contents of the starting with the most abundant ingredient down to the smallest quantity at the end.

Example: http://z.about.com/d/pediatrics/1/0/K/2/ nutrition_label.jpg

Is this done in terms of weight or volume?

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It's percent of the total weight or volume of the entire package

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