Compact Apparatus for Preserving and Dispensing a Food Product, in Particular a Yogurt

An apparatus for preserving and dispensing, on demand, a liquid or pasty food product, comprising:

• a storage compartment;
• a reservoir comprising an opening, the reservoir having a length defining a larger dimension of the reservoir, the reservoir extending lengthwise between a rear end and a front end near which the opening is positioned, the reservoir containing food product;
• a dispensing line connected to the reservoir at the opening to channel the food product;
• a holder for mounting the reservoir inside the storage compartment;
• an extraction device for the food product channeled in the dispensing line;
• and
• a cooling device suitable for refrigerating the food product contained in the reservoir when the reservoir is in the storage compartment;
• wherein the reservoir is a malleable packaging configured to deform in response to the extraction of the food product outside the reservoir, the holder having a rear end, a front end and an upper opening extending between the front end and the rear end of the holder, the holder further comprising:
• a slit configured to be passed through by the dispensing line in a loaded configuration of the holder in which the reservoir is mounted on the holder;
• and
• at least one first fastening member to keep, in the loaded configuration of the holder, the rear end of the reservoir in a stationary and adjacent position with respect to the rear end of the holder;
• and
• at least one second fastening member to keep, in the loaded configuration of the holder, the front end of the reservoir in a stationary and adjacent position with respect to the front end of the holder.