Course Description
Today's food environment can make it challenging for Canadians to make healthier food choices, but using labels can help. Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate developed the Nutrition Labelling Online Course to improve understanding of food labels. While this free course was developed for health professionals and educators, anyone interested in nutrition labelling will find it valuable.
Completing this course will increase your understanding of the latest nutrition labelling information. You can then use this updated information to share with your clients.
Course topics include:
- Food labelling in Canada
- Nutrition facts table
- Serving size
- % daily value
- List of ingredients
- Nutrition claims
- Front-of-package nutrition symbol
After completing the course, you can access the Certificate of Achievement at the bottom of the home page of the course.
NOTE: To navigate the course, you will need to enable pop-ups in your web browser. For information on creating an account, consult the FAQs, or use the Contact us link for technical issues.
All course-associated criteria have been determined by the original source. For questions about this course, contact nut.labelling-etiquetage@hc-sc.gc.ca with the subject line: Nutrition Labelling Online Course.