Plastic container

A plastic container for storing liquid products under a low overpressure, the container comprising:

• a container body extending along a longitudinal axis;
• a container neck connected to one longitudinal end of the container body, the neck having at least one pour opening,
• a bottom section connected to another longitudinal end of the container bottom, the bottom section having a container bottom and an edge area that is pulled up on the sides and that turns into the container body, wherein in a direction of a container interior that is bounded by the container body, the container bottom has a curved concave section, whose periphery is connected via an axially projecting, graduated transition area to a platform that runs into the edge area that is pulled up on the sides, the graduated transition area including at least one step, the platform and at least one partial area of the graduated transition area interrupted by a first number of grooves, and the concave section having a second number of panel-like projections that project outwardly, which essentially extend between the graduated transition area and the longitudinal axis and end before the graduated transition area.