A third of hot school meals do not meet basic nutritional standards, minister says

The 16 nutritional guidelines include recommendations that every meal should include two servings of fruit, vegetables, or salad, that fish is served once a week, and salt should not be added to water when cooking rice or pasta. File picture

At least a third of hot school meals do not meet basic nutritional standards, social protection minister Dara Calleary has said.

TDs, parents, and others have raised concerns about the nutritional value of hot school meals, with Irish celebrity chef Darina Allen comparing them to "airline food".