On the initiative of the Mediterranean Diet Foundation and in collaboration with numerous international entities, a large group of experts from diverse disciplines, from nutrition to anthropology, sociology and agriculture, have agreed on a new scheme that enriches the graphic representation by incorporating qualitative elements. The new pyramid follows the pattern of the previous one: it places the foods that should support the diet at the base, and relegates those that should be consumed in moderation to the upper, graphically narrower strata. But it also adds cultural and social indications closely linked to the Mediterranean lifestyle, from a concept of diet understood in a broad sense. It is not just a matter of giving priority to a certain type of food, but also to the way of selecting, cooking and consuming it. It also reflects the composition and number of servings of the main meals.