Objective　To investigate the social demand status and influencing factors of nutri-tion profession in order to provide advices for nutrition personnel training and policy-setting. Methods A stratified cluster sampling was conducted in southern， middle and north of Jiangsu province with questionnaire to understand the basic information of interviewees， job category， basic information of the unit and the demand for nutrition talents. The data were input by Epidata 3.1 and were analyzed by SPSS 17.0. The basic information of interviewees and the demand of units were analyzed by chi-square test while influencing factor of nutrition talent demand were analyzed by single factor and multiple factors logistic regression analysis. Results　Survey results showed that there were differences in pro-fessional level among different areas（P=0.011）. Nutrition talents mainly worked in catering services（P=0.019）. In the next three years， 45.9% of the survey units will have nutrition professional demand and nutrition talents will mainly work in nursing homes， health care products marketing， community， schools and service institutions（P=0.009）. 67.8% of the survey units will require bachelor degree（P=0.005） and 89.9% of the survey units will take nutrition profession as priority（P=0.000）. Gender， postgraduate degree， nutrition profession and actual operation ability are the main influencing factors for choosing and employing（P<0.05）. Conclusions　At present， nutrition talents are mainly bachelor's degree. Nutrition personnel training should pay attention to the compositionality and applicability and need classification development to meet the social sustainability needs.