{"id":2532,"date":"2019-01-05T17:27:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T17:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2019-01-05T17:30:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T17:30:18","slug":"restaurants-cafes-to-display-calories-in-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/restaurants-cafes-to-display-calories-in-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurants &#038; Cafes to Display Calories in Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has instructed all the Food facilities (Restaurants &amp; Cafes) to list calories and ingredients along with each menu item including Food &amp; Beverages in restaurants in Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting January 2019 all the restaurants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia must list Calories in their menus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/saudiexpatriate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Restaurants-Cafes-to-Display-Calories-in-Menu-SaudiExpatriate.com_.jpg\" alt=\"Restaurants &amp; 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