Introduction to Nutritional Analysis and What to Expect

Course overview

This online training course will introduce delegates to the methods involved in producing the data for nutritional labelling (Full Nutritional Analysis) giving better insight into evaluating results and the interactions between different macronutrients.

Methodology for all the major nutrients will be covered, explaining the laboratory work and calculations involved to achieve the results. Examining the unexpected results, potential pitfalls and the intricate details to consider.

This will be lead into a look at the tolerances for the nutritional declarations on foods as per the Food Information Regulations 2014 (Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011).

The final part of the course will look at the uncertainty of nutritional methods covering why uncertainty exists, what level of uncertainty to expect as well as ways to reduce uncertainty.