Touchless beverage dispensing valve

A valve for engaging a beverage container, the valve comprising:

• a beverage container body having a top container opening;
• a valve body with outer walls and inner walls defining a channel through the valve body, the outer walls and the inner walls having a slot between an upper portion and a lower portion of the channel;
• a flexible elastomer insert dimensioned to tightly fit against the inner walls defining the channel, the flexible elastomer insert having an open top extending beyond a top of the valve body and an open bottom extending beyond a bottom of the valve body;
• one or more ring extensions that project outward from outer walls of the flexible elastomer insert to resiliently grip the inner walls of the valve body;
• an insert handle integrated with the flexible elastomer insert,
• wherein the flexible elastomer insert is configured to completely separate from the valve body, and
• wherein the flexible elastomer insert is configured to be removed from the top container opening without remaining attached to another component of the valve;
• a pinch member configured to engage with the flexible elastomer insert, the pinch member and the flexible elastomer insert arranged to seal the valve by shutting off and closing a flow of fluid through the channel when the pinch member moves into the slot and the flexible elastomer insert is pinched;
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• a touchless pinch valve arranged to move the pinch member in and out of the slot, and wherein as the pinch member moves out of the slot, the flow of fluid flows under an impetus of gravity between the open top and the open bottom of the flexible elastomer insert.