| As | Arsenic |
| AT | Averaging Time |
| BW | Body Weight |
| CA-P | Arabic/Cardamom Coffee Product (Qahwa) |
| Cd | Cadmium |
| CGAs | Chlorogenic Acids |
| Cr | Chromium |
| Cr(VI) | Hexavalent Chromium |
| Cr(III) | Trivalent Chromium |
| CSF | Cancer Slope Factor |
| DALYs | Disability-Adjusted Life Years |
| EDI | Estimated Daily Intake |
| EF | Exposure Frequency |
| ED | Exposure Duration |
| eNOS | Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EU | European Union |
| GCC | Gulf Cooperation Council |
| HI | Hazard Index |
| HQ | Hazard Quotient |
| ICP-MS | Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry |
| IDF | International Diabetes Federation |
| ILCR | Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risk |
| IR | Intake Rate |
| JECFA | Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives |
| MENA | Middle East and North Africa |
| MDL | Method Detection Limit |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa B |
| Ni | Nickel |
| NCD | Non-Communicable Disease |
| Pb | Lead |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase |
| QA/QC | Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
| RfD | Reference Dose |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SFDA | Saudi Food and Drug Authority |
| T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha |
| USEPA | United States Environmental Protection Agency |
| WHO | World Health Organization |