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The typical food of an area is increasingly forgotten, this applies to the current generation. The reason is that information related to a regions food is suspected to be forgotten with the rise of media information related to modern foods such as junk food and fast food. This change is supported by the latest advances in digital technology that are growing rapidly. Information can be accessed easily through various digital media and applications. In addition, other factors causing the unknown food of a region due to traditional food knowledge are also low especially in adolescents. One area that has quite a variety of traditional food is West Java or known as Sundanese food. The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions and levels of adolescent acceptance of web-based applications Digipedia Edu Makugiz which contains traditional Sundanese food and drinks as a nutritional education media for adolescents. The research subjects were adolescents range in age 15-18 years, having smartphones and access to the internet. The method of this study was a cross sectional study with a purposive sampling design, ie teenagers in the city of Bandung were subjected to 215 adolescents who participated in this study. The research data consisted of subject characteristics (age, sex, parent ethnic origin, education, parents work), traditional food and beverage of West Java province knowledge, perception and use of web applications Digipedia Edu Makugiz. This web-based application has been published with the domain www.digipedia-edumakugiz.id. Data analysis used Ms.Excel to analyzed average and standard deviations, and assess knowledge of traditional West Java food and drinks and the perception and acceptance of web applications Digipedia Edu Makugiz. The results of the study that knowledge of traditional West Javanese food and beverages in adolescents, perceptions and acceptance of web-based applications, Digipedia Edumakugiz, are good but only need improvement in content presentation and application attributes so that applications are more fun and could increased the knowledge of traditional West Java food and beverages information.