Loop over JSON list of objects with jq in bash

loopjson-simple.sh

MY_JSON='[{"name": "Banana", "type": "Fruit"},{"name": "Carrot", "type": "Vegetable"},{"name": "Intentionally Blank Type", "type": ""},{"name": "Bread", "type": "Grain"}]'

for row in $(jq -r '.[] | @base64' <<< "${MY_JSON}"); do
    _jq() {
       base64 --decode <<< "${row}" | jq -r ${1}
    }
    NAME=$(_jq '.name')
    TYPE=$(_jq '.type')

    echo "${NAME} is a ${TYPE}"
done

loopjson.sh

MY_JSON='[{"name": "Banana", "type": "Fruit"},{"name": "Carrot", "type": "Vegetable"},{"name": "Intentionally Blank Type", "type": ""},{"name": "Bread", "type": "Grain"}]'

for row_encoded in $(jq -r '.[] | @base64' <<< "${MY_JSON}"); do
    row="$(base64 --decode<<<"${row_encoded}")"
    IFS='|' read name type < <(jq -r '[.name, .type] | join("|")'<<<"${row}")

    echo "${name} is a ${type}"
done