Sådan bruger du Rand-funktionen kombineret med Union i MySQL

Du kan oprette en ydre SQL, hvor fra-klausulen er en slags temp-tabel som denne:

 SELECT food_name from (
  SELECT foodName
  FROM food
  WHERE foodCategory_id = 1 OR 2
  ORDER BY RAND() limit 1) a
 UNION
 SELECT food_name from (
  SELECT foodName
  FROM food
  WHERE foodCategory_id = 7 OR 8 OR 9
  ORDER BY RAND() limit 1) b
 UNION
 SELECT food_name from (
  SELECT foodName
  FROM food
  WHERE foodCategory_id = 10 OR 11
  ORDER BY RAND() limit 1) c