Gardenias roots go back to Singapore where, in 1978, it began as a humble in-store bakery. Increasing demand led to the opening of Gardenias first-commercial bakery at Pandan Loop in March 1983. Gardenia has since been the market leader in Singapore and has expanded its operations in Asia to countries such as Malaysia and Thailand with the latest in the Gardenia chain of bakeries here in the Philippines.
It all began in 1997, QAF Limited through Gardenia International Pte. Ltd. established Gardenia Bakeries Philippines Inc. and started construction of its bakery plant in Laguna International Industrial Park (LIIP), Biñan, Laguna.
Gardenia Philippines started its operations in 1998 with the state-of-the-art bread factory rated as one of the most modern large scale bread manufacturing facility in the country. Its major, highly-automated equipment come from the best bakery equipment suppliers from Germany, Holland, UK and USA making it the leading manufacturing company in the Philippines.
Over the years, Gardenia has gained wide acceptance and is now considered as the most widely distributed loaf brand, reaching many parts of the country
II. PRODUCTS Classic White Bread
Regular Slice
Classic White Bread
Thick Slice
High Fiber Whole Wheat Bread
High Fiber Wheat Raisin Loaf
Slim n Fit Wheaten Bread
Chocolate Chip Loaf
California Raisin Loaf
Premium Pandesal
Soft Delight Pandesal
Whole Wheat Bun
Twiggies
Cream Roll
Fun Bun
Muffin
Butter Toast
Toast - Garlic
III. RAW MATERIALS
The main ingredients of which the main good is produced are flour, salt, water, yeast. Flour is the base of any type of bread. It can be wheat one or rye one. Depending on milling one differentiates three sorts of rye flour, which is used in bread-making: usual (it has dark color with high content of cutoffs), peeled (with grayish shade) and takeout (the lightest). Wheat flour can be also of three sorts: the highest, first and second. It is used