In-mould labelled container

A method for manufacturing a container, the method comprising the steps of:

• positioning an in mold label into a mold;
• injecting a plastic material into the mold such that is forms a support structure having at least one hollow portion closed by the label and creates a structure comprising an injection-molded container, the container for use in a food preparation machine comprising a structure with a lower side, at least three pillars extending from the lower side and linked to a circular upper frame, the pillars having cross sections S1, S2, and S3, the lower side being a solid wall that comprises a through hole as a dispensing opening for the container, that is centered across the vertical symmetry axis of the container, and an injection point of the container is off-centered in the vicinity of the dispensing opening, opposed the pillar having a cross-section S3 relatively to the vertical symmetry axis of the container, and in that S1=S2 and S3>S1.

A system for the preparation of food products which comprises in combination:

• a capsule for use in a food preparation machine comprising a rigid or semi-rigid structure with a lower side, at least three pillars extending from the lower side and linked to a circular upper frame which defines the surroundings of the container top side, the pillars having cross-sections S1, S2 and S3, the lower side being a solid wall that comprises a through hole as a dispensing opening for the container, that is centered across the vertical symmetry axis of the container, a label attached to the outer surface of the lower side of the pillars and of the upper circular frame, thus forming an envelope that defines container side walls, and an injection point of the container is off-centered in the vicinity of the dispensing opening, opposed the pillar having a cross section S3 relatively to the vertical symmetry axis of the container, and in that S1=S2 and S3>S1 encloses at least one ingredient to be dissolved and/or extracted by a fluid injected in said capsule;
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• a machine for the preparation of the food product, which is adapted to receive the capsule and inject a fluid under pressure inside the capsule, so as to prepare a food product by extraction and/or dissolution of the ingredient contained in the capsule with the fluid.