Title: French School Lunch Menus
Headings: French School Lunches
French School Lunches
What do French schoolchildren eat for lunch?

Content: Dessert is fresh fruit four times a week    with a sweet treat on the fifth day. The Ministry of National Education   requires that the children sit at the lunch table for at   least 30 minutes, in order to eat a civilized meal. The municipal government is responsible for operating   the cantine, now more appropriately called the restaurant scolaire, and adhering to the national nutritional requirements   which include: Within any four-week period (20 meals), only a    maximum of four main dishes and three desserts    can be high fat. Similarly, fried food is limited to four meals    per month, likely the same four high-fat main    dishes. Ketchup can only be served once per week, typically    with the once-per-week fries, and only a limited    amount provided with the meal. Many school simply don't serve the high-sugar    high-salt ketchup at all. No sweetened and flavored milk, water is served. No daily menu may be repeated within a month. The municipal government can set prices within the constraints   of the national law's maximum limit and sliding scale.