{"id":22577,"date":"2025-04-15T17:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22577\/"},"modified":"2025-04-15T17:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:40:11","slug":"spain-rolls-out-new-rules-to-limit-unhealthy-foods-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/22577\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain rolls out new rules to limit unhealthy foods in schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong> Spain approved a new regulation on Tuesday to restrict the consumption of unhealthy foods in schools, according to public broadcaster RTVE. <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">\u201cIt is a regulation that will promote the daily consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes, fish, and quality meat, while also limiting ultra-processed foods, pre-cooked meals, and excessive fried foods,\u201d Pablo Bustinduy, the minister for social rights and consumer affairs, told a news conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a> reports citing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.com.tr\/en\/europe\/spain-introduces-new-regulation-to-curb-unhealthy-foods-in-schools\/3539224\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> foreign media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The decree promoting \u201chealthy and sustainable\u201d eating for students also eliminates sugary drinks, energy drinks and industrial pastries from vending machines and cafeterias in schools.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">\u201cThe goal of this regulation is simply common sense: to ensure that all children, regardless of the income level of the neighborhood they live in, have access to five meals a week that are nutritious, balanced, healthy, and aligned with the standards of the World Health Organization and the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition,\u201d Bustinduy added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">The decree also suggests that at least 45% of the fruits and vegetables served should seasonal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"selectionShareable\">\u201cIt will benefit Spanish farmers and livestock breeders in a difficult context like the current one, due to the international tariff war initiated by the US,\u201d Bustinduy said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spain approved a new regulation on Tuesday to restrict the consumption of unhealthy foods in schools, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,857,104,14361],"class_list":{"0":"post-22577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-schools","11":"tag-spain","12":"tag-unhealthy-foods"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114343210043801043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}