I don't know if you can get away with doing this in Canada, but this is not allowed in the U.S.. All ingredients in the food, including «supplements» like vitamins and minerals, have to be listed together, in
descending order of weight.
Since ingredients must be listed in
the descending order of weight before cooking, this means that deboned chicken and chicken meal make up a large portion of the food, which is a definite plus.
Not exact matches
Ingredients must be listed in
descending order of ingoing
weight and must be listed by common, descriptive or generic name, using any
of: (i) a name by which the ingredient is commonly known; or (ii) a name that describes the true nature
of the ingredient (iii) a generic name for the ingredient that is specified in Schedule 10, in accordance with any conditions specified in that Schedule.
By law, ingredients must be included in
descending order by
weight, so the higher up on the list you see one
of these additives, the more sugar per bite.
Ingredients are listed in
descending order by pre-cooked
weight, meaning that once you get past the first five ingredients, the percentages
of the remaining ingredients drop dramatically.»
AAFCO regulations state that a pet food manufacturer must provide not only a guaranteed analysis on the food label, but a list
of ingredients presented in
descending order with the ingredient with the most
weight listed first.
Ingredients must be listed in
descending order by
weight somewhere on the bag
of pet food.
The ingredient panel lists food in
descending order by
weight of ingredient.
If more than one ingredient is named, e.g. «Lamb and Rice Formula», all
of them combined must not be less than 25 % and they must be named in
descending order of content by
weight.
If more than one ingredient is named, e.g. «Beef and Liver Dog Food», all
of them combined must not be less than 95 % (or 70 % respectively) and they must be named in
descending order of content by
weight.