As the Olympics get well under way, new details have come to light about what the athletes will be getting behind the scenes - and there are some foods that have been banned in the village.
While, as you'd imagine, much of the food being served to the world's most elite athletes is pretty healthy, there are some surprising foods that haven't made the cut.
While you'd imagine they'd either be hideously unhealthy options or super expensive, it's actually some surprisingly normal options that have been wiped from Paris 2024's menu.
The banned options have been chosen because of issues over safety, ethics, and the environment.
First to be nixed is french fries - which is ironic given their name having such a connection to the country hosting this year's Olympics.
However, the reason that the humble fry has been chopped from the menu is actually down to safety concerns, due to how they are prepared.
Charles Guilloy, one of the chefs in charge of catering for the Olympic village, told the New York Times: "French fries are too risky because of fire-hazard concerns over deep-fat fryers."
Sadly, there'll be no late-night snacking on fries for this year's cohort of Olympians while they're on campus.
The second food to be banned from the Olympic village is foie gras, which has caused controversy due to concerns about animal cruelty.
Foie gras, which translates to "fat liver", is created by force-feeding ducks or geese with grains by pumping them into their stomach with metal pipes, which fattens up the bird and enlarges their liver.
Guilloy explained that foie gras is off-limits, "because animal well-being is on everyone’s mind."
The Olympics is not the only place where foie gras has been banned, as the Royal Family also previously wrote to campaign group PETA that they do not serve the dish at Buckingham Palace after finding out how the animals were treated.
The third banned food is possibly the most surprising - there will be no avocados in the Olympic village.
Now, the humble avocado is usually deemed pretty healthy and a good breakfast choice, but the athletes will have to go without any smashed avo on toast.
According to Guilloy, the reason no avocados will be served is down to environmental concerns.
He revealed that the Olympic Commission said "no to avocados because they are imported from a great distance and consume a lot of water."
And while these three options will be off-limits, there won't be any shortage of choices of food for the athletes during their stay.
Athletes will have a choice of around 500 different dishes, including Asian, Mediterranean, and Afro-Caribbean foods, according to the New York Times.
Laurent Pasteur, Operations Director of catering company Soxedo Live! revealed in a statement: “At the Village, catering has an important role to contribute modestly to the performance of the athletes with menus that have been adapted to suit elite sport but also satisfy the expectations of athletes from every continent, with more than 200 nationalities, so that everyone feels at home."
