Liner for beverage and food vessels

A liner for use with a fluid dispensing vessel, comprising:

• a flexible pouch defining an interior region and configured to be placed in a fluid dispensing vessel, the pouch including:
• a top end that is partially sealed by a top seal and that includes a first opening;
• first and second side ends extending from the top end to a bottom end, wherein the top end, first and second side ends, and bottom end define a perimeter of the pouch;
• a fluid passageway defined by at least two sealed boundaries that extend downward from the top seal more than half way down the height of the first and second side ends but that do not extend to the bottom end and that do not extend above the first opening, wherein at least portions of the sealed boundaries are generally parallel to each other and the side ends and are generally perpendicular to the top and bottom ends and wherein the fluid passageway leads from the first opening to the interior region;
• a bottom portion that includes a second opening;
• a fluid dispensing fitment connected to the pouch and configured to be in fluid communication with interior region via the second opening;
• and
• wherein fluid is poured into the interior region of the pouch through the first opening and dispensed from the pouch through the fitment.