about High5 Bread Town High 5 Bread Town, the first of its kind in the world was officially

opened by The Honourable Minister Of International Trade & Industry on 25th May 2005. The brainchild of Silver Bird Group Managing Director Dato Jackson Tan, High 5 Bread Town is a truly unique attraction of its class. High 5 Bread Town is the architectural masterpiece showcase of the RM100 mil state-of-the-art plant of Silver Bird Group factory located on 6.07ha plant in Shah Alam. High 5 Bread Town was certified in the Malaysia Book of Records as the First Bread Museum in Malaysia. With an enormous floor size, High 5 Bread Town is an attraction which caters to visitors of all ages, promising a time of fun, excitement and learning for the whole family. Being one of the latest tourist attraction in Malaysia which embrace and incorporate only the best museum state of the art technology system, High 5 Bread Town offer our guest a touted as the "a walkthrough on the history of bread" with emphasis on bread development timeline, it is definitely a "must see" to experience it!

the Legacy of Bread The first of its kind in the world, the High 5 Bread Town takes you into a fascinating world of bread-making that spans more than 5,000 years. The history of bread is told in colourful murals and interactive displays to give you a lively, hands-on experience. The delicious aroma of oven-fresh bread adds an authentic touch that makes your visit to High 5 Bread Town an unforgettable experience. Bread-making In Yesteryear Watch how bread making evolved through history. From the ancient Egypt through to the Iron Age, the Roman and Viking periods, right through the Industrial Revolution to the present day. Every era offers its own improvements i terms of grain quality, the milling and baking process, and the shape and texture of bread. You'll discover it all here.

Bread-making In Yesteryear Watch how bread making evolved through history. From the ancient Egypt through to the Iron Age, the Roman and Viking periods, right through the Industrial Revolution to the present day. Every era offers its own improvements i terms of grain quality, the milling and baking process, and the shape and texture of bread. You'll discover it all here.

Leisurely Elevated 880 Feet Skywalk Factory Tour What's more, your High 5 Bread Town visit also includes a fascinating factory tour. Enjoy an expansive overview of the largest stand-alone bakery plant in Southeast Asia in the present day. Stroll leisurely on an elevated walkway measuring 880 feet while you're shown the finer points of bread-making using state-of-the-art technology.
Olden Day Bread Shop Browse around an olden day bread shop and take note of the different types of bread from around the world. Compare that to the bread you are familiar with now. Can you spot any differences?

Larger-Than-Life Bread Making Equipment You'll be mesmerised by larger-than-life bread making equipments like mixer and oven, among others. Imagine how much bread was made and consumes in history! Thrilling Time Tunnel An exhilarating and electrifying experience that transport you to modern times in what seems like an instant. Don't blink!

Bread-Making Antiques You'll have a rare opportunity to see valuable antique bread-making equipment that have never been exhibited before. The first of these is the Founder Machine, designed by our company's founder, the late Mr. Tan Chin Suan in the 60's. the Story Behind A Loaf Of Bread Bread, in one form or another, has been one of the principal forms of food for man from earliest times. When ancient man discovered a food which would keep through the winter months, and could be multiplied in the summer, it could be said that civilization began. He might have a reasonably safe store of food to carry him over, which would give him time to develop other useful skills besides hunting, fishing and cattle-herding. Egyptian The trade of the baker, then, is one of the oldest crafts in the world. Loaves and rolls have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs by archeologists. Wheat has been found in pits where human settlements flourished 8,000 years ago. At High 5 Bread Town Egyptian galleries you can see replica loaves which were made and baked over 5,000 years ago. Also on display are grains of wheat repened in those ancient summers under the Pharaohs. Ancient Egyptian word-pictures, or hieroglyphs, concerning bread are also on display. Iron Age Further back, in the Stone Age, people made solid cakes from stone-crushed barley and wheat. Millstones called querns are user for grinding corn has been found in archeological findings that is thought to be 3,000 years old. The ability to sow and reap cereals may be one of the chief causes which led man to dwell in communities, rather than to live a wandering life hunting and herding cattle.

Ancient Roman The ancient Greeks and Romans knew bread for a staple food, even in those days people argued whether white or brown bread was best. The Romans enjoyed several kinds of bread, with interesting names. there was oyster bread (to be eaten with oysters); 'artolaganus' or cakecread; 'speusticus' or 'hurry bread'. There was over bread, tin bread, Parthian bread. There were rich breads made with milk, eggs and butter, but these of course, were only for the wealthy and privileged people.

Vikings The Vikings, or the Scandinavians, are among the first to use rye make bread!! But the viking's bread are hard and unleaven because they don't use yeast. For ease of storage, the vikings made a hole in the centre of the bread, so they can be threaded through tent poles.

Georgian & Victorian Times Visitors would also be greeted by the "Earl of Sandwich". Millers everywhere continued to use the ancient method of wind and watermills, except for a few progressive men. In the middle of the nineteenth century, a Swiss engineer invented a new type of mill; abandoning the use of the stone mill-wheels, he designed rollers made of steel which operated one above the other. It was called the reduction roller-milling system, and these machines soon became accepted all over Europe and in Britain.

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution reduced farm acreage. This, together with the invention of the roller-milling system, meant that for the first time in history, whiter flour (and therefore bread) could be produced at a price which brought it within the reach of everyone - not just the rich.

Time Tunnel Amaze by the future of bread design at the Time Tunnel attraction. Where people will have a glimpse of bread of the future, still a concept at this point of time, but development os already underway. The time tunnel will especially appeal to young children with it's attractive lightings.

Skywalk Leisurely stroll through our 880 feet Skywalk where you'll be exposed to the finer point of bread making production from the beginning of the process right till the end before your very own eyes!! The largest standalone bakery plant in SEA, the state-of-the-art High 5 bread plant is capable of churning out thousands of bread in minutes.

Machinery Museum Admire with awe the wonderful bakery machine of the past which are displayed at our Machine Museum and many more. All the machines in the museum have served their time well, and now are reting permanently in the museum, lookout for the founder machine, as it is a machine very much ahead of it's time with it's 3-gear pulley system.

Shopping at High 5 Bread Town Retail Outlet! Your experience with High 5 Bread Town would not be complete without visiting our retails outlet. Here, you will find fresh baked High 5 quality products such High Bread, cream roll and Roman Meal bread. Try our famous Silver Bird delicious, scrumptious & tentalizing mouth watering cake product and enjoy and pamper yourselves to your likings. All product at a discounted price!!! Better still. Bring some home as souvenirs for your friends and families. Take home some souvenirs, T-shirt memorabilia from High 5 Bread Town for memories down the lane on your experience at High 5 Bread Town.

High 5 gets low marks for hygiene -by RAHMAN DAROS A BAKERY was raided yesterday for being dirty, employing illegal workers and using cooking oil without a halal certification. The raid at Stanson Bakery Sdn Bhd, which produces the High Five bread, at the Nilai Industrial Area, revealed that the floor was dirty. Some workers were also found working without gloves or aprons, while the factory was badly-lit and poorly-ventilated. The factorys management volunteered to close down for two weeks after it was chided by the Health Ministry team which also issued a warning to the operator for operating under unhygienic conditions under Section 11 of the Food Act 1983. Apart from that, seven foreign workers were detained as they could not produce employment documents while samples of the oil used in the bread mould were also taken. The oil, carrying the brand Dubur, is from Israel. The 2.30pm blitz was carried out by more than 30 personnel from the Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association (PPIM), Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry, Health Ministry, Islamic Development Department, Negri Sembilan Immigration Department, State Religious Affairs Department, Nilai Municipal Council and the police. Silver Bird Group Bhd group managing director Datuk Jackson Tan Han Kook said the hygiene problem raised by the raiding team was subjective. Its a minor issue. There were broken tiles at the factory and the management had not fixed it as it was an old factory. This is normal, he told The Malay Mail last night. Silver Bird is the parent company of Stanson Bakery.
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Kilang roti terkenal diarah tutup NILAI: Sebuah kilang memproses roti jenama terkenal di Nilai 3, dekat sini diarahkan menghentikan operasi selama dua minggu mulai petang semalam kerana didapati kotor serta menggunakan bahan yang disyaki tidak halal. Arahan dikeluarkan selepas pihak berkuasa yang disertai Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim), Kementerian Kesihatan, Majlis Perbandaran Nilai (MPN), Jabatan Imigresen dan Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP) menjalankan pemeriksaan di kilang berkenaan.Setiausaha Agung Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM), Datuk Dr Maamor Osman, berkata pihak berkuasa sudah menerima aduan mengenai keadaan kilang yang tidak bersih serta menggunakan bahan disyaki tidak halal sejak beberapa bulan lalu.Katanya, sebelum ini tindakan tidak dapat diambil terhadap syarikat itu kerana aduan tidak disertakan dengan bukti.Kira-kira tiga minggu lalu, kami menerima aduan orang ramai berserta gambar keadaan kilang itu serta minyak yang diragui halalnya, katanya pada sidang media di kilang itu petang semalam.Dr Maamor berkata, melalui aduan itu pihaknya meminta kerjasama pihak berkuasa melakukan serbuan dan pemeriksaan.Serbuan berjaya mengesan tahap kebersihan yang terlalu rendah dan kilang roti berkenaan diarahkan tutup selama dua minggu, katanya.Dalam pemeriksaan itu pihaknya menemui minyak yang disyaki tidak halal yang digunakan untuk membuat roti dan diserahkan kepada Jakim untuk ujian. Minyak yang diimport dari Jerman itu akan diserahkan kepada Jabatan Kimia untuk dianalisis kandungannya, katanya.Sementara itu, Pengurus Kanan Penyelidikan dan Pembangunan/Jaminan Kualiti bahagian pengeluaran syarikat itu berkata syarikatnya akan memperbaiki mutu produk yang dikeluarkan syarikat itu.

Rules Research

and Development

On top of being the proud makers of Malaysias favourite bread, we are also innovators. Gardenia invests heavily in R&D. Our latest product, Gardenia Breakthru, demonstrates our commitment to giving only the very best to our customers. Gardenia Breakthru passed extensive clinical tests at the Glycemic Research Institute in Washington D.C. and are certified Diabetic-Friendly and DietFriendly. This latest result reaffirms Gardenia Breakthrus extraordinary qualities.

Gardenia also invests in training. Key employees are regularly sent overseas for training at the American Institute of Baking and other professional institutions around the world. They also attend trade fairs to keep abreast with the global trends, new technologies and products as well as the ever changing consumers lifestyle. This innovative spirit has allowed us to satisfy the appetite of consumers with a wide variety of other goodies.

Quality Assurance
We are also committed to providing only the best quality products to our customers. To ensure that the superior quality of every Gardenia product is consistently maintained, our QA laboratory conducts random quality checks round the clock and closely monitors product quality at every stage of production. Tips on how to keep the delicious taste of Gardenia at its best: Store bread in cool dry place. Always reseal bread bag to prevent bread from drying out. Do not place bread close to strong smelling agents like detergent, onions, etc. as this will affect its taste and aroma.

& Regulation

Safety Is Our First Priority You must obey all reasonable written and verbal instructions and warnings given by High 5 Bread Town and its staff at all times. Children under 12 years of age must be accompanied by a person aged 18 years and above during the tour. You must act with good judgment and consideration, both for yourself and others, and to refrain from behaviour which could affect your safety and the safety of others. Do listen carefully to the narration of each attraction to ensure you understand each segment of the attraction. You are responsible for your own personal belongings. Please do not wander off alone at anytime during the tour but stay close together with the group throughout the tour. No recording of audio, still camera and video in whatever format of electronic or analog media is allowed inside the attraction of High 5 Bread Town.

Health & Safety Restrictions For safety and comfort of our guest, wear casual attire and comfortable shoes during the tour. In any case that you are feeling unwell during the tour, kindly notify our High 5 Bread Town tour guide immediately. Pregnant women and infants shall exercise precaution at all times when climbing stairs during the tour for their own safety. Guest must not attempt to leave the tour on their own but to inform High 5 Bread Town tour guide in charge of your intention to exit from the attraction. No arms, sharp objects, chemicals compound and any dangerous or hazardous items shall be allowed within the compound of High 5 Bread Town. No smoking, drinking or eating inside the attractions and auditorium is allowed. Pets or animals are prohibited from entering the theme park. No outside food & drink is allowed to be brought into and consumed at High 5 Bread Town. High 5 Bread Town reserves the right to refuse entry or evict a person from the premise at any one time at the sole discretion of management. The Owner and Management of High 5 Bread Town Shah Alam shall under no circumstances whatsoever is liable for any injuries, loss or damage to property and persons however caused.

Knowing your BMI and your energy requirement

Body Mass Index (BMI)

How to use the BMI Chart

Your Daily Calorie Requirement

Energy Requirement Eat Healthy, Stay Healthy A Word On Health From Prof. Dr. Fatimah Arshad

Knowing your BMI and your energy requirement

Most of us rely on weighing scale to tell us whether we have lost or gain weight. This is not the best way because it weighs everything including muscle, bones, fats and what we ate and drank that day. It doesnt tell you how much fat you have. In fact you should measure your body composition - the ratio of lean body mass and fat mass. Too much fat can lead to many health problems.

Body Mass Index (BMI)

While BMI does not reflect your body composition, it can be used to indicate whether you're obese, overweight or underweight. It is used by healthcare professionals to ascertain the general risk of health problems associated with your body size. You can measure your own BMI by using the BMI Chart which takes into account your height and weight. By knowing your BMI, you can proceed to ascertain your daily calorie requirement based on your lifestyle. Then, you can begin to change your diet to achieve your ideal weight at an ideal BMI of 22. | back to top

How to use the BMI Chart

Find your height in the far left column. Then, follow along the row until you come closest to your current weight (in kilograms). + Click on table to enlarge

Your BMI is the spot where your height meets your weight. | back to top

Your Daily Calorie Requirement

Once you know your ideal weight, you can now calculate your daily calorie requirement by following the Energy Requirement table below, based on your desired ideal weight and lifestyle. | back to top

Energy Requirement
Your specific daily calorie requirement depends on your level of activity. The more active your lifestyle, the more energy you need, and vice versa. You can easily

calculate your daily calorie requirement using this simple formula: Daily Calorie Requirement = Ideal Weight x Energy Requirement ENERGY REQUIREMENT (Adapted from H.Cole and R.Camerini-Davalos, Diet Therapy of diabetis mellitus. Med. Clin. North. Am. 54:1577, 1970) Example Height = 150cm, Current Weight = 70kg, Classification = Overweight, Ideal BMI Weight = 49.5kg, Lifestyle = Sedentary From the table above, your will find that an overweight person with a sedentary lifestyle requires 25kcal/kg. Therefore, your Daily Calorie Requirement necessary to obtain and maintain your ideal weight of 49.5kg is: 49.5 x 25 = 1,237.5 kcal per day NOTE: BMI guide is for persons aged 18 & above. To fully understand the comprehensive ways to healthy eating, consult your healthcare professional. | back to top

Eat Healthy, Stay Healthy

Eating healthy doesn't mean you have to say goodbye to foods like nasi lemak, mee goreng or roti canai. With the right plan, you can still enjoy your favourite dishes as long as you have more healthy meals than less healthy ones. Just remember to exercise, get enough rest and practise a healthy lifestyle as often as possible. Dont wait till your health deteriorates and diabetes sets in before you make a change because prevention is always better than cure. So eat well and stay well with Gardenia Breakthru, the diabetic-friendly bread thats better for you. | back to top

A Word On Health From Prof. Dr. Fatimah Arshad

A simple guide to a healthier diet is to consume moderate amounts of carbohydrates, preferably those with a low glycaemic load like non-starchy vegetables, fruits, legumes and high-fibre whole-grain products to maintain consistent blood glucose levels. You should also choose proteins with less fat like leaner cuts of meat, fish and poultry. Reduced consumption of salt and sugar will also reduce your risk of health-related problems. Above all, moderate exercise and a healthier lifestyle will set you on the right path to a healthier you. Articles from Prof. Dr Fatimah Arshad: LOVE YOUR HEALTH, LOVE YOUR SELF: KEEPING BUSY

LOVE YOUR HEALTH, LOVE YOUR SELF: THE HEART OF THE MATTER LOVE YOUR HEALTH, LOVE YOUR SELF: THE FATS OF LIFE LOVE YOUR HEALTH, LOVE YOUR SELF: AFFAIRS OF THE HEART

Halal Committee
At Gardenia, a special Halal Committee is formed to scrutinise every aspect of the Halal regulations and to ensure that all requirements are stringently adhered to. As an added measure to control and safeguard our Halal status, we have appointed an independent consultant whom Gardenia could refer to in syariah related matters.

Halal Committee Members:

Rosli Mohd Nor

(Controller - HR & General Affairs) rosli@gardenia.com.my

Azmy Roslin

(Manager - QA & Management System/Training) azmy@gardenia.com.my

Farizal Mohamad

(Manager - Human Resource) farizal@gardenia.com.my

Independent Consultant: Uztaz Safwan Fathy | back to top

JAKIM Certification
All Gardenia products are certified Halal by JAKIM. Regular factory inspections are conducted by officers from JAKIM to monitor and ensure that the overall operations are following the guidelines set by them. | back to top

PPIM
Gardenia works closely with Persatuan Pengguna Islam Malaysia (PPIM) for the interest of Muslim consumers. PPIM determines Gardenia's status as a Muslim Friendly Organisation (MFO). Click here for more information on statement by PPIM.

ISI 2020
Gardenias close collaboration with PPIM has also resulted in significant accolades like the ISI 2020 certification by theResearch Institute of Standards in Islam (RISIS). This certification acknowledges Gardenias corporate and management

philosophies, principles, cultures and practices that reflect the Islamic principles which are universally accepted and profoundly outlined by RISIS in the system.