The cross-sectional study was conducted on midwifery students of a university in Turkey between March 1 and April 1, 2016. 259 students who accepted to participate in the study were included in the research, without making sampling. Necessary institutional permissions and students’ verbal consent were obtained. Data were collected by face-to-face interviews using questionnaire form prepared by reviewing literature. Frequency distributions, Pearson’s Chi-square analysis were performed using SPSS 22.0 program. Statistical significance was taken as p<0.05. Average age of the students was 20.5±1.5. 25.5% of the students stated that they had difficulty in interpreting information on food label; 63.3% stated that they sometimes had difficulty. It was found that, 90.0% of the students read information about expiry date, 86.1% about production date, 82.6% about name/brand, 62.5% about storage conditions and 55.2% about shelf life. It was determined that among the information about nutritional value; students regularly read about 47.1% energy, 39.8% about protein, 39.8% about total fat, 34.0% about expressions such as low fat, lightness, good pulp source, whereas almost more than 50% did not read or did not regularly read information about nutritional value. There was no statistically significant difference found in the status of reading food label among midwifery students according to age, living place before undergraduate education, current staying place, monthly income, current grade (p>0.05). Food label knowledge and awareness of midwifery students who will consult the community about nutrition at periphery and center after graduation should be increased. Keywords: Food Label, Nutrition literacy, Midwifery students, Knowledge, Attitude, Behavior

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