treated in the press in the Basque Country. Specifically, topics have been included in this descriptor such as consumption habits, diets, allergies and food intolerances or food properties, among others.

The analysis focussed on the following variables:

- Contents.

- Text authorship.

- Sections, genres and titles.

- Framing.

- Sources.

- Number of readers’ comments.

4. Results

The results of the search for texts on food were divided into 6 subcategories, as shown in detail in table 2.

Table 2: Total articles on food divided into topic areas in elpais.com and lavanguardia.com.

Source: Compiled by author.

In both publications, the “Nutrition” descriptor appeared the most texts on the food theme: 26% in the case of elpais.com (n=121) and 22% for lavanguardia.com (n=168).

If we compare this data with data obtained by Fúster et al. (2009) in their study from 2006, we might talk about consolidation of food content, in general, in the written media, and more specifically relating to nutrition. In 2006, El País published 160 texts on food and La Vanguardia 105. In both cases, nutrition was the most popular theme. In turn, the SAM Report 2008, counted 451 texts in this year for La Vanguardia and 413 in El País. 27% of the texts in this report refer to content on nutrition.