Institute Feature: LearnNatural’s Reading Food Labels Badge Certification

Consumers are confused about which products on your shelves are healthy. One way to alleviate their concerns is to educate your associates about how to properly read nutritional labels. The Retail Learning Institute’s three-course badge certification program on Reading Food Labels will give associates the confidence they need to successfully navigate health claims, the Nutrition Facts label, and ingredients.

Course Description: You might think that deciphering ingredient labels and nutrition facts boxes can be tricky. We agree! The information on the front, back and sides of a label hold a lot of key details about a product and could convince a customer to buy or not buy a product. By the time you complete all three courses in this series, your front-line team will have a new favorite hobby!

Food products are covered with claims about their nutritional worth that help customers make decisions about whether to purchase a product. This course is designed to help students navigate the terminology and nutrition information on food packaging so that they can make more informed choices.

The course first explores the front of products, which frequently include health claims, nutrition content claims, and facts up front labeling. Then, the course explains the nutrition facts label. Finally, additional information like sell by dates, allergens, and ingredients are addressed.

While health claims are regulated by the FDA and supported by scientific evidence, structure and function claims, which typically describe the basic role of a nutrient, are not pre-approved. With clear examples of each, this course ensures that students are able to distinguish between verified and unverified claims.

With clear examples that illustrate each situation, this course will give your associates the ability to guide customers towards choosing the products that best fit their needs. Navigating food labels can be complicated, but this program at the Retail Learning Institute makes it easy to find exactly what you’re looking for.