Food and health have long had a dominant position within the subject of Home economics (HE) in Sweden. HE, has food and health at its core; and is characterized by the fact that students actually are expected to learn how to prepare healthy food. According to the Swedish national syllabus, the broad aim of the school subject is to help students achieve the ability to make informed choices from an environment, economic and health perspective, and to develop practical knowledge of food, nutrition and cooking in relation to health (National Agency for Education, 2011). The aim of the subject states that food and health is to be taught, but what content do the teachers actually choose to teach?