Riyadh – Mubasher: The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has commissioned restaurants in the kingdom to display the calorie content of each item in their menus.
The initiative, launched in collaboration with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and the Consumer Protection Association, came into effect as of Tuesday, 1 January, in an effort to raise awareness about the nutritional value of meals, Arabian Business reported.
SFDA requires that the content information of restaurants’ menus must comprise information on calories, total carbohydrates, total sugar, added sugar, sodium, cholesterol, saturated fat, total fat, minerals, vitamins, and protein of every single food item.
“Saudi Arabia ranks 21st in the world on the list of countries with the highest BMI globally, according to a US Food and Drug Administration report,” Arabian Business said.
A report issued last year by authors from the American Cancer Society revealed that the GCC nation came third globally in the incidence of cancer resulted by obesity.
