A research on functional food knowledge, preference and consumption of unıversity students Üniversite öğrencilerinin fonksiyonel besin bilgi, tercih ve tüketimleri üzerine bir araştırma Abstract Purpose: This research was conducted on 300 university students studying in Konya in order to determine the functional food knowledge, preference and consumption of university students. Method: In the study, the students' consumption frequency, preferences and knowledge of the functional food were determined. Functional Food Knowledge Test was used to determine the functional food knowledge of the students (Cronbach alpha: 0.84). For the statistical analysis of the data, independent sample t test and one-way ANOVA test were applied by using SPSS 20.0 program. Findings: As a result, it was determined that 90.7% of the students consumed functional foods, 86.3% preferred natural products, 13.7% preferred commercial products; 70.3% consumed functional foods in main meal and snacks. When purchasing functional food, 15.3% of the students paid attention to the outward appearance, 14.3% to the price, 45.3% to the brand and 25.0% to the calorie. When functional food consumption frequency of students were examined; it was determined that the most common functional foods consumed