that the named ingredients must make up at least 3% of the final product. in our example, at least 3% of the final product weight would be made of carrots, and at least 3% would be made of sweet potatoes.
the word flavor does not provide information on how much of a particular ingredient is actually in the food. there are no minimum requirements for flavor, and it simply means that enough of the ingredient was used to add flavor to the food.
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