Gold tea is not healthy: Dubai Municipality

As part of Dubai Municipality's keenness to preserve public health and safety in the emirate of Dubai, the Food Control Department of Dubai Municipality issued a statement about the rumours and claims spread by some of the cafes in Dubai regarding offering tea made of 22 carat gold in their outlets.

According to Khalid Sherif, Director of Food Control Department at Dubai Municipality, there is no base for such propaganda from the health point of view. It is only a commercial publicity trick by some owners of cafes to justify their high prices for cheap products and exploiting the ignorance of some customers.

He explained that the municipality has studied this subject and I learned that there are some cafes that claim to have tea mixed with gold and some exotic products in addition to some flowers to make it appealing and also claim that this product helps rejuvenate the body and get rid of stress and negative effects of the pressures in life.

He also advised the public not to believe these commercial lies and added that the department monitors all cafes in Dubai to ensure the safety of society. The civic body will not allow cafes to provide any kind of unhealthy food or drinks, and makes sure that all food products in cafes, restaurants or food establishments meet the entire health requirements set by the authorities.  

‘These cafes do not mix gold with tea, but claim in order to attract customers, and if they really do so, they cannot afford to mix except a small percentage, which is not something remarkable, which will not help rejuvenate human body,’ he said.

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