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Aim: The purpose of the study is to investigate the effect of educational level on the habit of reading food labels. Method: 406 consumers aged 18 and over living in Suleymanpasa district of Tekirdag province created samples of research. Findings: According to results of the research; as the level of education increases,  the percentage of those who understand the information on the label and argue that the label is very important have increased (from 41.7% to 72.7% and from 10.3% to 59.1%, respectively). With the increase in educational level, the percentage of learners who interpreted label information from the television decreased (from 54.1% to 0%), the proportion of educators, doctors and dietitians increased (from 6.9% to 45.5% and from 0% to 18.2%, respectively). From the information on the label; Colorants, additives, artificial sweeteners, sugar and cholesterol are the most harmful. The information that consumers are most interested in on the label are statements relating to health problems the number of citations, vitamins, salt, sodium ratio and cholesterol amount, rerpectively. Generally, 72.2% of those surveyed stated that health problems were the factor in reading the nutritional label. Conclusion: It is necessary to simplify food labels and educate consumers about label information. Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text  PDF (TURKISH)  file . Ozet Amac: Arastirmanin amaci egitim duzeyinin besin etiketi okuma aliskanligi uzerine etkisini arastirmaktir. Metod: Tekirdag ili Suleymanpasa ilcesinde yasayan 18 yas ve uzeri 406 tuketici arastirmanin orneklemini olusturmustur. Bulgular: Arastirma sonuclarina gore egitim seviyesi yukseldikce etiketteki bilgileri anlayanlarin ve etiketin cok onemli oldugunu savunanlarin orani artmistir (sirasiyla %41,7’den %72,7’ye ve %10,3’ten %59,1’e). Egitim seviyesinin yukselmesi ile birlikte etiket bilgilerini yorumlamayi televizyondan ogrenenlerin orani azalmis (%54,1’den %0’a),  egitim kurulusu, doktor ve diyetisyenden ogrenenlerin orani artmistir (sirasiyla %6,9’dan %45,5’e ve %0’dan %18,2’ye). Etiket uzerinde yer alan bilgilerden; renklendiriciler, katki maddeleri, yapay tatlandiricilar, seker ve kolesterol en zararli olarak gorulenlerdir. Etiket uzerinde tuketicilerin en fazla dikkat ettikleri bilgiler sirayla, saglik problemleri ile iliskili oldugunu bildiren cumleler, icerdigi vitaminler, tuz, sodyum orani ve kolesterol miktaridir. Genel olarak arastirmaya katilanlarin %72,2’si saglik sorunlarinin besin etiketini okumada etken oldugunu belirtmislerdir. Sonuc: Gida etiketlerini basitlestirmek ve tuketicileri etiket bilgileri konusunda egitmek gerekmektedir.

The effect of education level on the food label reading habits<p>Eğitim düzeyinin besin etiketi okuma alışkanlıkları üzerine etkisi