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| Source: Saahtain Foods. Saahtain's Tayyib Ready to Eat meals made an appearance at this year's Hajj. |
With temperatures in Makkah reaching 45 degrees Celsius this Hajj, fresh food cannot last long. The KSA Ministry of Health advises pilgrims to 'keep away from the uncovered food', going on to say that 'cooked food should be eaten immediately after cooking' and to 'avoid storing cooked food in buses for long when moving from one Hajj site to another. This is one of the major triggers of food poisoning during Hajj'.
One Makkah organisation saw the value of Tayyib Halal Ready to Eat meals by Saahtain Foods, which come in strong, safe pouches that can last up to a year even when exposed to hot weather. It distributed tens of thousands of the meals to needy pilgrims on the move.
The move encapsulates the values in Saahtain Foods' philosophy of Feed Easy, Halal Relief. All Saahtain products are portable, accessible, sustainable and are produced entirely in the UAE. "We are humbled to be part of a solution to the challenges of feeding millions of pilgrims during Hajj. We will carry on innovating and providing solutions to Muslim travellers and those in need through continuous product development," says Zahra Mahmood, Director of Saahtain Foods. 'We take pride in the fact that we are the first and only manufacturer of halal and tayyib (Editor's note: natural) ready-to-eat meals in the Gulf region."
Saahtain Foods is based in the UAE. The company has also converted adhahi or sacrificial meat into meat-and-rice-based meals. Raw adhahi meat sent to Saahtain by those who sacrificed the animal has been cooked and processed into Ready to Eat meals. These meals are now sent to the needy all over the world, include European refugees in Serbia.
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Read the Suroor Asia blog post on the introduction of Tayyib meals
Interested?
Read the Suroor Asia blog post on the introduction of Tayyib meals