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Faced with a sticky situation, Alexandra Hospital makes jam

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From left:
Mr Kenneth Sebastian Francisco, head of food services at Alexandra Hospital;
Mr Roland Scherer, Masterchef / Director, Red Gum;

Alexandra Hospital has developed its own sugar-free jam for patients with diabetes. It has teamed up with local manufacturer Red Gum to produce it for the hospital, for other Singapore hospitals, and for retail.
Photographed on April 8, 2025.

(From left) Alexandra Hospital head of food services Kenneth Francisco and Red Gum director Roland Scherer worked on the sugar-free jam together.

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Tan Hsueh Yun

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SINGAPORE – Alexandra Hospital was in a jam. The sugar-free jam it serves to patients with diabetes comes from the United States, and there is a minimum order, plus a wait, for it to get to Singapore.

The hospital, Singapore’s smallest public one with 300 beds, would struggle to use up the single-serve packs of jam before they expired.

Faced with a sticky situation, Alexandra Hospital makes jam

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