Additionally, lower calorie drinks and mineral water must be among the selction. Currently 40 percent of drinks in schools are low calorie.
Meanwhile, soda machines will not be located in lower level comprehensive schools at all, unless the school requests it.
Member businesses in the Federation of the Brewing and Soft Drinks Industry in Finland also promise to tighten guidelines on advertising directed at children. According to the Federation, the new rules are a response to problems such as obesity and related diseases. The Federation says, however, that parents carry the most responsibility for their child's health.