Test Of Ordering Md-Chips

This is some sample code taken from https://material.angularjs.org/latest/demo/chips I am trying to see if it can be ordered.

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.5/angular.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.5/angular-animate.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.5/angular-route.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.5/angular-aria.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.5/angular-messages.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s.cdpn.io/t-114/svg-assets-cache.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.gitcdn.link/cdn/angular/bower-material/v1.1.3/angular-material.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.gitcdn.link/cdn/angular/bower-material/v1.1.3/angular-material.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://material.angularjs.org/1.1.3/docs.css">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/lodash/4.17.4/lodash.min.js"></script>
<div ng-controller="CustomInputDemoCtrl as ctrl" layout="column" ng-cloak="" class="chipsdemoCustomInputs" ng-app="MyApp">

  <md-content class="md-padding" layout="column">
    
    <br>
    <h2 class="md-title">Use <code>md-autocomplete</code>  to build an ordered set of chips.</h2>

    <md-chips ng-model="ctrl.selectedVegetables" md-autocomplete-snap="" md-transform-chip="ctrl.transformChip($chip)" md-require-match="ctrl.autocompleteDemoRequireMatch" md-on-add="ctrl.onAddChip()">
      <md-autocomplete md-selected-item="ctrl.selectedItem" md-search-text="ctrl.searchText" md-items="item in ctrl.querySearch(ctrl.searchText)" md-item-text="item.name" placeholder="Search for a vegetable">
        <span md-highlight-text="ctrl.searchText">{{item.name}} :: {{item.type}}</span>
      </md-autocomplete>
      <md-chip-template>
        <span>
          <strong>{{$chip.name}}</strong>
          <em>({{$chip.type}})</em>
        </span>
      </md-chip-template>
    </md-chips>

    <p>
      <md-checkbox...

CSS

.chipsdemoCustomInputs md-content.autocomplete {
  min-height: 200px; }

.chipsdemoCustomInputs input[type=number] {
  width: 110px; }

.chipsdemoCustomInputs .veggie-option {
  float: left;
  width: 20%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 0 8px; }

.chipsdemoCustomInputs .veggie-option .md-item-text {
  padding: 8px;
  background: #f0f0f0;
  border-radius: 3px; }

.chipsdemoCustomInputs .veggie-option .md-item-text h3,
.chipsdemoCustomInputs .veggie-option .md-item-text p {
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0; }


/*
Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved. 
Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be foundin the LICENSE file at http://material.angularjs.org/HEAD/license.
*/

JavaScript

(function () {
  'use strict';
  angular
      .module('MyApp',['ngMaterial', 'ngMessages', 'material.svgAssetsCache'])
      .controller('CustomInputDemoCtrl', DemoCtrl);

  function DemoCtrl ($timeout, $q) {
    var self = this;

    self.readonly = false;
    self.selectedItem = null;
    self.searchText = null;
    self.querySearch = querySearch;
    self.vegetables = loadVegetables();
    self.selectedVegetables = [];
    self.numberChips = [];
    self.numberChips2 = [];
    self.numberBuffer = '';
    self.autocompleteDemoRequireMatch = true;
    self.transformChip = transformChip;
    self.onAddChip = onAddChip;
    /**
     * Return the proper object when the append is called.
     */
    function transformChip(chip) {
      // If it is an object, it's already a known chip
      if (angular.isObject(chip)) {
        return chip;
      }

      // Otherwise, create a new one
      return { name: chip, type: 'new' }
    }
    function onAddChip(){
     console.log('Add chip');
    	self.selectedVegetables = _.sortBy(self.selectedVegetables, function(v){
      	return v.name;
      });
    }

    /**
     * Search for vegetables.
     */
    function querySearch (query) {
      var results = query ? self.vegetables.filter(createFilterFor(query)) : [];
      return results;
    }

    /**
     * Create filter function for a query string
     */
    function createFilterFor(query) {
      var lowercaseQuery = angular.lowercase(query);

      return function filterFn(vegetable) {
        return (vegetable._lowername.indexOf(lowercaseQuery) === 0) ||
            (vegetable._lowertype.indexOf(lowercaseQuery) === 0);
      };

    }

    function loadVegetables() {
      var veggies = [
        {
          'name': 'Broccoli',
          'type': 'Brassica'
        },
        {
          'name': 'Cabbage',
          'type': 'Brassica'
        },
        {
          'name': 'Carrot',
          'type': 'Umbelliferous'
        },
        {
          'name': 'Lettuce',
...