Nutrition Labelling Online Course

Explore exciting updates to the course including a highly anticipated module on the new front-of-package labelling, revisions to reflect recent regulatory changes and enhanced accessibility!

Today's food environment can make it challenging for Canadians to make healthier food choices, but using labels can help. To improve understanding of food labels, Health Canada's Food and Nutrition Directorate developed the Nutrition Labelling Online Course. 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. Further, if your work involves nutrition education, you can use this updated information to share with Canadians.

Course topics include:

• Food labelling in Canada
• Nutrition facts table
• Serving size
• % daily value
• List of ingredients
• Nutrition claims
• Front-of-package nutrition symbol

The course is self-paced and takes about three hours to complete. It's filled with interactive content, quizzes, and resources. Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Achievement!

Register to take the Nutrition Labelling Online Course today.

Please note: if you had registered to take the course before April 2023, you will need to re-register due to a learning platform transition. After completing the course, you can access the Certificate of Achievement at the bottom of the home page in the course.

Need more information?

• Consult the FAQs on creating an account or use the Contact us link for technical issues.
• For other enquiries related to this course, such as content or general questions, please contact nut.labelling-etiquetage@hc-sc.gc.ca with the subject line: Nutrition Labelling Online Course.