ANALISIS PERANAN DESAIN KEMASAN TERHADAP BRAND IDENTITY DARI SEBUAH PRODUK MAKANAN LOKAL INDONESIA DENGAN STUDI KASUS: PRODUK OLEH-OLEH KHAS BETAWI ‘MPO ROMLAH’

Indonesia has a diverse cultural diversity, which includes traditional technology systems, customs, and so on. Among these variations, one of the interesting cultural results is the diversity of traditional foods. All tribes in Indonesia have distinctiveness in traditional types, technology, and food packaging. Regional culinary products are categorized in the form of small and medium micro enterprises (MSMEs). Maflahah (2012) states that most MSME product packaging does not have an attractive, innovative and creative design. Food products that are only wrapped in transparent plastic without any labels or information give the impression of being less attractive. MSME products should have an attractive packaging design, because one of the most important elements in product visuals is packaging. Most MSME product packaging is not marketable, compared to products from large capital companies, so the selling value and competitiveness are low.This study will analyze the role of packaging design and the extent to which a packaging design is able to accommodate a final message/ communication of producers to consumers, through a semantical analysis of a product to a product identity of a product that in this case studies of Betawi culinary packaging produced by 'Mpo Romlah'. Keywords: Packaging, Lokal Product, Semamntics