Food product dispenser valve normally biased into closed position

A method of forming a food product dispenser valve, the method comprising:

• forming a grommet/stem opening in a mounting cup;
• forming an annular sealing edge at an upstream end of a grommet and passing a body of the grommet through the grommet/stem opening;
• defining an axial passageway in the grommet which extends along an axial length of the grommet, from adjacent the annular sealing edge and through the body to a downstream end of the passageway;
• accommodating an axially movable valve stem within the passageway, and forming a sealing head in the valve stem, adjacent an upstream end of the valve stem, and spacing a valve stem shoulder away from the sealing head;
• surrounding the body of the grommet, which extends through the grommet/stem opening, with a dispensing actuator, and forming a product discharge outlet in at a downstream end of the dispensing actuator for discharging product;
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• spacing the sealing head from the valve stem shoulder of the movable valve stem by a distance which is less than an axially height of the passageway defined by the grommet so that the grommet normally biases the sealing head into sealing engagement with the annular sealing edge to prevent flow through the food product dispenser valve.