School lunches: What do kids eat around the world?

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School lunches: What do kids eat around the world?

A look at what is served for lunch in schools in different parts of the world.

Angela Landa Elementary school students Yadier Monte, left, and Samantha Casco dig into their school lunch that includes a chicken croquette, a piece of the root taro, white rice, and yellow pea soup, in Old Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Samantha added the fried plantain, upper left corner of her tray, that she brought from home. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Students at the Angela Landa Elementary School sit with their lunch trays consisting of a chicken croquette, a piece of taro root, white rice and yellow pea soup in Old Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The children provide their own drinks and some bring other side dishes to accompany the main meal. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

A lunch tray consisting of pasta with fresh broccoli and slices of bread, and seasonal fresh fruit is set out at a primary school in London during a lunch break on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The drink options are milk and water. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

A lunch tray consisting of vegetable chili with rice and fresh broccoli, sponge cake with custard, and a banana is set out at a primary school in London during a lunch break on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. The drink options are milk and water. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

Elementary school students look at their lunch boxes at a school in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Students eat their lunch at the Bahria Foundation school in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Most of the children at the school have home cooked food for lunch, which contain eggs, chicken nuggets, bread, rice or noodles. Some have vegetables, minced mutton or beef prepared and cooked at home the night before. Principal Syeda Arifa Mohsin says the school tries to dissuade parents from fixing junk food for their children. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

A school teacher dishes out servings of salad and soup for lunch, which happens to be Salad every Tuesday of the week, on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Delcare Edu Center, a local kindergarten and child care center in the business district of Singapore. Everyday, lunch is prepared by the school kitchen staff and efforts to promote healthy eating in this particular center is seen in painstaking efforts in selection of their ingredients and food preparation methods. The children in this school are also taught to accept a wide variety of food, and the principal plans a weekly menu at the start of each school term. Healthy snacks consisting of fruits, home-made bread, natural beans, soup, and barley are served between meals. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A child eats her salad and soup for lunch on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Delcare Edu Center, a local kindergarten and child care center in the business district of Singapore. Everyday, lunch is prepared by the school kitchen staff and efforts to promote healthy eating in this particular center is seen in painstaking efforts in selection of their ingredients and food preparation methods. The children in this school are also taught to accept a wide variety of food, and the principal plans a weekly menu at the start of each school term. Healthy snacks consisting of fruits, home-made bread, natural beans, soup, and barley are served between meals. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

This combination of potato soup, home made bread and salad is ready to be served, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Delcare Edu Center, a local kindergarten and child care center in the business district of Singapore. Everyday, lunch is prepared by the school kitchen staff and efforts to promote healthy eating in this particular center is seen in painstaking efforts in selection of their ingredients and food preparation methods. The children in this school are also taught to accept a wide variety of food, and the principal plans a weekly menu at the start of each school term. Healthy snacks consisting of fruits, home-made bread, natural beans, soup, and barley are served between meals. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A child collects a serving of salad for lunch, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Delcare Edu Center, a local kindergarten and child care center in the business district of Singapore. Everyday, lunch is prepared by the school kitchen staff and efforts to promote healthy eating in this particular center is seen in painstaking efforts in selection of their ingredients and food preparation methods. The children in this school are also taught to accept a wide variety of food, and the principal plans a weekly menu at the start of each school term. Healthy snacks consisting of fruits, home-made bread, natural beans, soup, and barley are served between meals. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A teacher gives out apples as snacks ahead of lunch, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at Delcare Edu Center, a local kindergarten and child care center in the business district of Singapore. Everyday, lunch is prepared by the school kitchen staff and efforts to promote healthy eating in this particular center is seen in painstaking efforts in selection of their ingredients and food preparation methods. The children in this school are also taught to accept wide varieties of food and a weekly menu is planned by the principal for each school term. Healthy snacks consisting of fruits, home-made bread, natural beans, soup, and barley are served as their snacks between meals. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

A school teacher dishes out servings of salad and soup for lunch, which happens to be Salad every Tuesday, at Delcare Edu Center, a local kindergarten and child care center in the business district of Singapore on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Everyday, lunch is prepared by the school kitchen staff and efforts to promote healthy eating in this particular center is seen in painstaking efforts in selection of their ingredients and food preparation methods. The children in this school are also taught to accept a wide variety of food, and the principal plans a weekly menu at the start of each school term. Healthy snacks consisting of fruits, home-made bread, natural beans, soup, and barley are served between meals. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

An elementary school student eats his lunch at a school in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Elementary school students eat their lunch at school in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

An elementary school student eats his lunch at a school in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A plastic plate containing a meat-filled empanada sits on a table where children ages 2 to 5 years old have lunch at a school in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. In Argentina, most children have been able to count on some relative providing a hot homemade lunch before or after they attend public school, which is generally taught in four-hour shifts in the morning or afternoon. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - JULY 30: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) A player from the Shonan Boys eats lunch in the dugout during a practice game between the Shonan Boys and the Yokohama Minami on July 30, 2014 in Yokosuka, Japan. The games were the final practice session for the teams, before heading to the National Tournament starting on August 2. The Japan Boys League consists of 742 teams across Japan for Junior High School players between 4th and 9th grade. Baseball was introduced in Japan by U.S teacher Horace Wilson in 1872 and has since become one of Japan's most popular sports.The Japan Boys league prepares players to move into Japan's prestigious and gruelling High School Baseball league and a chance to play at the National High School Baseball Championship. (Summer Koshien) Held annually in August, Summer Koshien, is the largest amateur sporting event in Japan and the largest high school baseball tournament in the world, with 49 teams competing. The two week event is broadcast across the country and has produced some of Japan's biggest stars including Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - JULY 30: Players from the Shonan Boys eat lunch in the dugout during a practice game between the Shonan Boys and the Yokohama Minami on July 30, 2014 in Yokosuka, Japan. The games were the final practice session for the teams, before heading to the National Tournament starting on August 2. The Japan Boys League consists of 742 teams across Japan for Junior High School players between 4th and 9th grade. Baseball was introduced in Japan by U.S teacher Horace Wilson in 1872 and has since become one of Japan's most popular sports.The Japan Boys league prepares players to move into Japan's prestigious and gruelling High School Baseball league and a chance to play at the National High School Baseball Championship. (Summer Koshien) Held annually in August, Summer Koshien, is the largest amateur sporting event in Japan and the largest high school baseball tournament in the world, with 49 teams competing. The two week event is broadcast across the country and has produced some of Japan's biggest stars including Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

A street vendor sells fried bananas near a public school in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. In Indonesia not every student can bring lunch box to school. Public school students buy their lunch at school cafeterias or food stalls on streets nearby. One fried banana costs about one U.S. cent. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Public elementary school children eat noodles on a street after school in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. In Indonesia not every student can bring lunch box to school. Public school students buy their lunch at school cafeterias or food stalls on streets nearby. One plate of noodles costs about 3 cents. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A lunch tray consisting of chicken breast pieces, vegetables soup, a liquid yogurt and water is pictured at the Chiquitin kindergarten in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Most countries seem to put a premium on feeding school children a healthy meal at lunchtime. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is on a mission to make American school lunches healthier too. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

A lunch tray consisting of creamed vegetables and a special yogurt for small children is pictured at the Chiquitin kindergarten in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Most countries seem to put a premium on feeding school children a healthy meal at lunchtime. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is on a mission to make American school lunches healthier too. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

A lunch tray consisting of an omelette, vegetable soup, a banana yogurt and water is pictured at the Chiquitin kindergarten in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Most countries seem to put a premium on feeding school children a healthy meal at lunchtime. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is on a mission to make American school lunches healthier too. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

A young man serves water to the children eating their lunch in the dining hall at Dr. Subbarao Polineni's school in his hometown of Martur, India, in May 2014. Polineni started the school with the help of his wife, Dr. Butchamamba Polineni, to house and educate orphans in India. (J.B. Forbes/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)

Students eat their lunch at the Bahria Foundation school in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Most of the children at the school have home cooked food for lunch, which contain eggs, chicken nuggets, bread, rice or noodles. Some have vegetables, minced mutton or beef prepared and cooked at home the night before. Principal Syeda Arifa Mohsin says the school tries to dissuade parents from fixing junk food for their children. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

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Angela Landa Elementary school students Yadier Monte, left, and Samantha Casco dig into their school lunch that includes a chicken croquette, a piece of the root taro, white rice, and yellow pea soup, in Old Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Samantha added the fried plantain, upper left corner of her tray, that she brought from home. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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