Study and Packaging Design for Crispy Waffle Mushroom Products of Fam Het Klangban Community Enterprise Group, Pathum Thani Province.

Abstract

This research aimed to design packaging for crispy waffles mushroom of Fam Het Klangban Community Enterprise Group, Pathum Thani Province, by packaging structural design and graphic design to create an identity for the product.  

The results revealed that in general, a community enterprise has a common way of life and usually assembles to run a business for creating income and for self-reliance within families, within the community, and among communities. Thus, it is a guideline that can be used as a tool to create a self-reliance system in a community economic system. In this research, Klangban Mushroom Farm Community Enterprise, Pathum Thani Province, was originated from the assembly of community inhabitants with their needs to create income and self-reliance by growing different types of mushrooms to be sold and processed into various products. For this reason, they initiated a new product, i.e., crispy mushroom waffles mixed with pink oyster mushrooms. Packaging was required for this product. Thus, the researcher took part in promoting packaging design into 2 patterns, selected by the design experts. Pattern 2 had the highest score, at the level of “very suitable” (Mean = 3.96, SD = 0.74). Next, the researcher developed packaging further according to the suggestion from the design experts. Packaging was designed as a paper box printed by offset system. Inside the box was filled with crispy mushroom waffles in a hot-sealed vacuum transparent bag, size 12X5X12 cm. After that, it was used to create the prototype of packaging, and to assess satisfaction toward packaging design. It was found that the satisfaction was rated at the level of “very suitable” (Mean = 4.42, SD = 0.58).