Laravel, html value '&' signs - php

Question

I have database with types such as:
Entertainment & Food,
Health & Care
etc.
I insert it into a dropdown like this:
<div class="form-group{{ $errors->has('type') ? ' has-error' : '' }}">
<div class="type_message form-control alert-warning" style="display: none;"></div>
<label id="type2" for="type" class="col-md-4 control-label">Type</label>
<div class="col-md-6">
<select class="form-control" name="type" id="type">
<option selected value="{{ $entity->type }}">{{ $entity->type }}</option>
#foreach ($entities as $entity_select)
<option value={{ $entity_select->type}}>{{ $entity_select->type }}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
#if ($errors->has('type'))
<span class="help-block">
<strong>{{ $errors->first('type') }}</strong>
</span>
#endif
</div>
</div>
The problem is that when I check the value of the field it looks like this:
<option value="Entertainment & Nightlife" selected="">Entertainment & Nightlife</option>
Therefore in the database it only adds "Entertainment" how can I avoid that?

Answer 1

<option value="{!! $entity_select->type !!}">{!! $entity_select->type !!}</option>
https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/blade#displaying-data
As mentionned in the documentation :
Be very careful when echoing content that is supplied by users of your
application. Always use the escaped, double curly brace syntax to
prevent XSS attacks when displaying user supplied data.