BY KELLY DOWNING AND JANELLE VALES-YASAY
With the rising call to live a healthier lifestyle in Riyadh, these stores have rose to the occasion of bringing healthy and organic food and products to our homes.
BIOTIC
Biotic promises to be a sanctuary that provides all nutritional needs. It encourages all to adopt a healthy lifestyle. With their extensive selection of products, it’s helping Riyadh residents to achieve it. Biotic carries food that are gluten-free, fat-free, and sugar-free. It also provides an array of organic food, dietary supplements and beauty care products. Can they interest you in healthy chocolates and ice cream perhaps?
Prince Nasser Bin Farhan St.
Open from 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Tel: +966-11-450-0838
Website: http://biotic.sa
Social Media: @biotic_sa
HEALTHY MARKET
Looking at this store makes us want to buy all the chips and chocolates and spreads and desserts that they have. Imagine “junk food” that’s not junk at all! They’re actually good for you. Dreams do come true people! Healthy Market specializes in healthy food that tastes good and also supplements.
Al Malqa, Open from 4:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Social Media: @healthymarket.sa
NATURELAND
A family business that started in Kuwait in 1996, Natureland has everything organic and natural. Their food products are totally seed-to-mouth natural. Most of their products are certified organic by Ecocert, an international certification agency based in France. And their food are tasty without artificial flavors and preservatives. Re-learn the real taste of food with Natureland.
King Abdulaziz Road, Al Yasmin
Open from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM / 4:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Tel: +966-11-4652122
Website: http://ksa.natureland.net/en/
Social Media: @natureland WATANIA AGRICULTURE
Watania Agriculture has many locations throughout Riyadh. With farms in Al-Jouf, Watania Agriculture manufactures and produces an extensive line of KSA and EU certified or.ganic products. Their product offerings include meat, honey, juice, olive oil, tea, jams, pasta, dates, and produce, among others. Al Mohammadiyah, Al Khalifah Al Muntasir Billah, Ar Rawabi,
Al Hasan Ibn Ali, Ar Rawdah
Open from 7:30 AM – 10:00 PM
Tel: +966-11-2651525
Website: http://watania-agri.com
TAMIMI, CARREFOUR, and DANUBE Hypermarkets
These supermarket chains each have a reputation for stocking a large inventory of local and imported organic produce. In addition, they each have sections providing gluten-free and health-oriented processed foods. There are locations throughout the city. However, you can find them all close to the DQ on Prince Mashal Ibn Abdulaziz Road in ‘Irqah.
MEZMIZ
BUY ORGANIC ONLINE
Looking for organic, gluten-free, low-fat products or other values but you don’t want the stress that goes with shopping and searching for such items at hypermarkets? At Mezmiz, you can skip the checkout lines. Their wide range of high quality local and international products can be shopped from the comfort of your own homes and delivered within 1-2 business days! Free shipping on all orders over SR 149 too!
Website: www.mezmiz.com
Social Media: @mezmiz
KHODARJI
Khodarji & More is an online grocery shopping app that bring high quality fresh fruits and vegetables along with organic products and organic fresh produce. They deliver using their own Khodarji branded refrigerated delivery trucks. They offer a return policy of “no question asked” and just pay for the products you like. They don’t have a wide selection of organic stuff but they’re committed to adding more soon.
Tel: 920007072
Website: www.khodarji.com
