Container for Dispensing Multiple Doses of a Concentrated Liquid

A packaged flavored liquid beverage concentrate for dispensing multiple doses of the flavored liquid beverage concentrate comprising:

• a container body having a closed bottom end which acts as a secure base for the container to rest upon, a top end with a neck defining an outlet opening and a sidewall extending between the top and bottom ends to define an interior of the container body accessible through the outlet of the top end, the sidewall being flexible and resilient, the sidewall including opposing front and rear walls and a pair of opposing end walls extending therebetween, the opposing front and rear walls having a maximum width that is greater than a maximum width of the end walls;
• a lid including a base portion and a hinged cover portion, an underside of the base portion having a depending skirt attached to the neck of the container body with a snap-fit, the depending skirt and the neck of the container body being configured to limit rotational movement of the lid relative to the container body, the base portion of the lid having a spout defining an exit path aligned with the outlet opening of the container body and through which the flavored liquid beverage concentrate can be dispensed;
• a flexible plate valve supported by the spout of the base portion of the lid and disposed in the exit path, the valve movable from a closed position, whereby flow of the flavored liquid beverage concentrate through the exit path is substantially blocked when the sidewall of the container body is unsqueezed, to an open position, whereby the flavored liquid beverage concentrate from the interior of the container body can be dispensed through the valve in a jet when the front and rear walls of the sidewall of the container body are squeezed;
• and
• the flavored liquid beverage concentrate comprising:
• about 30 to about 80 percent water by weight of the flavored liquid beverage concentrate;
• acid and buffer in an acid to buffer ratio of about 1:1 to about 60:1, the acid and buffer included in relative amounts effective to provide a pH of the flavored liquid beverage concentrate of less than about 2.4, and the buffer selected from the group consisting of a potassium salt of an acid, a sodium salt of an acid, and a combination thereof;
• and
• flavoring,
• wherein the flavored liquid beverage concentrate has a viscosity of about 1 to about 75 cP at 20° C.

A packaged flavored liquid beverage concentrate for dispensing multiple doses of the flavored liquid beverage concentrate comprising:

• a container body having a closed bottom end which acts as a secure base for the container to rest upon, a top end with a neck defining an outlet opening and a sidewall extending between the top and bottom ends to define an interior of the container body accessible through the outlet of the top end, the sidewall being flexible and resilient, the sidewall including opposing front and rear walls and a pair of opposing end walls extending therebetween, the opposing front and rear walls having a maximum width that is greater than a maximum width of the end walls;
• a lid including a base portion and a hinged cover portion, an underside of the base portion having a depending skirt attached to the neck of the container body with a snap-fit, the depending skirt and the neck of the container body being configured to limit rotational movement of the lid relative to the container body, the base portion of the lid having an opening aligned with the outlet opening of the container body and through which the flavored liquid beverage concentrate can be dispensed;
• a valve supported by the base portion of the lid, the valve movable from a closed position, whereby flow of the flavored liquid beverage concentrate through the opening of the base portion of the lid is substantially blocked when the sidewall of the container body is unsqueezed, to an open position, whereby the flavored liquid beverage concentrate from the interior of the container body can be dispensed through the opening of the base portion of the lid and the valve in a jet when the front and rear walls of the sidewall of the container body are squeezed;
• and
• the flavored liquid beverage concentrate comprising:
• about 30 to about 80 percent water by weight of the flavored liquid beverage concentrate;
• acid and buffer in an acid to buffer ratio of about 1:1 to about 60:1, the acid and buffer included in relative amounts effective to provide a pH of the flavored liquid beverage concentrate of less than about 2.4, and the buffer selected from the group consisting of a potassium salt of an acid, a sodium salt of an acid, and a combination thereof;
• and
• flavoring,
• wherein the flavored liquid beverage concentrate has a viscosity of about 1 to about 75 cP at 20° C.