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NEW XPACE FOR FOOD DREAMERS AND CREATORS IN SINGAPORE ✦ In the western part of Singapore, a six-storey, 22,000-square metre building for avid food makers can turn their dreams into reality.
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nown as XPACE (pronounced as “space”), the new building houses a wide range of facilities from demo and commercial kitchens to presentation and event space for budding food makers with bright ideas to foster collaboration while managing overheads with shared common resources. And when it’s time to take the creations further, XPACE can provide food safety consultancy for Singapore Food Agency (SFA) certification and submission.
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XPACE, where food makers dreams are made
Explore, Collaborate & Innovate “XPACE was created to be a haven for liked-minded passionate food people to explore ideas, cook, prepare, work, store, discuss, collaborate, innovate, and experiment. It’s the culmination of our dream and the start of many more to come,” said Nichol Ng, CEO of X-Inc Pte Ltd, the parent of a group of companies that has been in the food business since the 1930s. “We are thrilled to pave the way for a new generation of collaboration that
will hopefully result in a bigger and better food industry in Singapore.” No stranger to innovations, here are two of the creations by X-Inc’s collaborations with other food makers: • A sustainable ham with no preservatives, made with off-cuts of meat and vegetables, created with Jill's Sausages • The XPACE Xandwich – a pandanflavoured ice cream with charcoal gula melaka cookies – created with The Ice Cream Cookie & Co to pay homage to local flavours
✤ “We are thrilled to pave the way for a new generation of collaboration that will hopefully result in a bigger and better food industry in Singapore.”
- Nichol Ng, CEO of X-Inc Pte Ltd
