Certificate of Achievement

Olaoluwa Oluwapelumi Tabitha

has completed the following course:

Understanding Food Labels

EIT Food and University of Reading

This online course explored basic concepts of food labels, the regulations, as well as the claims food producers are allowed to make. The course covered topics including the limitations of food labels, ingredients lists, daily allowances and health claims.

3 weeks, 3 hours per week

Maarten van der Kamp

Director of Education

EIT Food

Simona Grasso

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Reading

87%
overall score

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Interpret a typical food label - be familiar with the categories of information labels contain and why they are important.
  • Reflect on ingredient lists and discover your recommended daily allowances.
  • Compare trustworthy health claims and those inspired by marketeers.
  • Collect reliable information to base your buying decisions on.
  • Assess the complexities of labelling food according to production values such as sustainability and animal welfare.
  • Interpret the limitations of food labels - what they don't tell you.

Syllabus

• How to navigate a typical food label - become familiar with the categories of information labels contain and why they are important.

• The limitations of food labels - what they don’t tell you.

• Decoding ingredients lists and discovering your recommended daily allowances.

• Differentiating between trustworthy health claims and those inspired by marketeers.

• How to resist the power of branding and gather reliable information to base your buying decisions on.

• The complexities of labelling food according to production values such as sustainability and animal welfare.

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Issued on 27th December 2023

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Free online course:

Understanding Food Labels

EIT Food