Guideline

Date of Publishing: 03/09/2024              Affected Region: KSA 

This regulation is concerned with the requirements and standards for packaged foods with high nutritional value. This regulation applies to all packaged food products.

The following foods are excluded from the application of this regulation:

• Fresh Vegetables and fruits include any mixture of fresh vegetables or fruits, whether whole or chopped, without any additives (such as salad without toasted bread) and does not include dried vegetables and fruits.

• Foods in which the amount of calories, protein, carbohydrates, fat, saturated fat, salt or sodium, and total sugars is very small that can be expressed Zero, such as spices and condiments, energy drinks, and soft drinks with artificial sweeteners.

• Foods with special nutritional uses such as: infant and child foods, foods with Special medical uses, sports drinks.

• Bottled drinking water.

• Foodstuffs that require packaging or further processing and are not sold directly to the consumer.

• Fresh, frozen and chilled meat, poultry and fish, uncooked and without any additives.

• Foods that are marketed directly to the consumer from the site of their preparation, such as: salads, breads, sweets and ready meals.