The introduction of aluminium packaging for instant ginger powder in home-based enterprises in Batu Banyak village

Nova Syafni (Department of Pharmaceutical Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Andalas, Kota Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia)
Azhoma Gumala (Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Andalas, Kota Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia)
Lili Fitriani (Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Andalas, Kota Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia)

Warta Pengabdian Andalas: Jurnal Ilmiah Pengembangan Dan Penerapan Ipteks
Vol 33 No 3 (2026)

The community service activity in Batu Banyak village began in 2021 with a training session on making herbal drinks from red ginger. The herbal drink used red ginger and sugar to create a powder from the red ginger, which can be consumed by pouring hot water over the red ginger powder. This instant drink, produced by one of the participants, was introduced in 2021 and remains available today. The aimed of this community service was to increase packaging process and material from transparent plastic to aluminium. The method of this activity was by doing a training to one of the owner’s of red-ginger product how to package red-ginger product with aluminium material. The packaging process utilized aluminium material and a hand sealer machine for the homemade industry will help for distribution permit process. Aluminium packaging can increase the visibility of a product during the marketing and distribution process.