In many countries, the system of healthy eating pyramid is used in order to present the food groups according to what should be eaten on a daily basis and in which quantity.

Food groups are divided by horizontal lines in the graphic and thus suggesting the percentage of food for a daily diet.

There are several sorts of pyramid, according to the national specificities but generally, here are the main food groups presented:

• Cereals and grains
• Vegetables and fruit
• Dairy products
• Meat, fish, poultry, eggs
• Fats (unsaturated)
• Sweets and saturated fats

The FOOD partner AESAN goes further in a guide which proposes a pyramid and several tables of food equivalences per geographic regions. It enables to adapt balanced diet, including when eating foreign food.

• Spanish food pyramid (equivalences) on FOOD Website

“A healthy diet for all!”