US20200095052A1

US20200095052A1 - Delivery package for powdered food products

Info

Publication number: US20200095052A1
Application number: US16/157,608
Authority: US
Inventors: Nicholas J. Singer
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2018-09-24
Filing date: 2018-10-11
Publication date: 2020-03-26

Abstract

A container that is designed to mitigate and eliminate spillage of powdered food product that is poured out of the container into a narrow mouth water bottle is disclosed. The outer configuration of the container is designed to facilitate engagement of the container to the water bottle while an inner configuration of the container is designed to facilitate the flow of powdered food product out of the container and into the water bottle.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/735,398, filed on Sep. 24, 2018, the entire content of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.

STATEMENT RE: FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH/DEVELOPMENT

Not Applicable

BACKGROUND

The various aspects described herein relate to a container for facilitating pouring of powered food product from the container into a bottle.
Consumption of powdered food product is messy because the powdered food product can become air borne. When air borne, a mess is created around the container which holds the powdered food product and around the container into which the powdered food product is poured into for consumption. Moreover, powdered food product normally requires a serving utensil to transfer the powdered food product from the container which holds the powdered food product into the container (e.g., cup) in which the powdered food product is served. When using the utensil, the user's hands touch the powdered food product which may create an unsanitary condition by contaminating the powdered food product.
Accordingly, there is a need in the art for an improved method and apparatus for consuming powdered food product.

BRIEF SUMMARY

A container which is designed to help a user pour powdered food product from the container into a cup or water bottle is disclosed. The container may have an outer configuration that facilities engagement with a mouth of the water bottle. In particular, the outer surface may have a circular configuration which mates with a circular configured mouth of the water bottle. Moreover, the outer surface of the container may engage in a sealing manner or so as to form a seal with the inner periphery of the mouth of the water bottle so that powdered food product from within the container when poured into the water bottle does not spill onto a support surface or does not spill out of the water bottle. Moreover, an internal configuration of the container may be designed so as to facilitate flow of powdered food product out of the container. For example, the interior may have an angle that prohibits or mitigates powdered food product from sticking to the inside of the container. Non-stick coating may be applied to the inner surface to facilitate such flow of powdered food product through the mouth of the container.
By providing a container that facilitates easy pouring of the powdered food product into a water bottle, such container may be beneficially used in disaster or mass casualty situations including but not limited to military situations, combat situations, earthquakes, forest fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. In particular, in these types of harsh situations, the user needs to be able to quickly pack a few servings of food which can be easily transported in a backpack, without rotting or spoiling. The powdered food product can provided as a single serving of nutrition in the container to store the powdered food product during the day, week or a plurality of months so that the user may consume nutrition when food and other resources might be scarce. Additionally, the container may be utilized for normal everyday use. By way of example and not limitation, the container may be filled with a powdered food product including but not limited to powdered protein, baby formula, etc. in order to deliver or to allow a user to consume nutrition throughout the day, week or months, or to feed an infant nutrition.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other features and advantages of the various embodiments disclosed herein will be better understood with respect to the following description and drawings, in which like numbers refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a container;

FIG. 2 illustrates a water bottle;

FIG. 3 illustrates powdered food product within the container of FIG. 1 being poured into the water bottle;

FIG. 4 illustrates an outer surface of the container forming a seal about an inner periphery of a mouth of the water bottle;

FIG. 5 illustrates powered food product that was poured into the water bottle, sealed in the container and ready for mixing with the water in the water bottle;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of cap exploded off of the body of the container;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a plurality of containers stacked within a box.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Referring now to the drawings, a container 10 (FIG. 1) and a water bottle 12 (FIG. 2) are shown. The container 10 may be configured so that a user who wants to pour powdered food product 14 into the water bottle 12 may conveniently do so in a quick and no mess, clean fashion. The container 10 has a mouth 16, which has an outer diameter 18, which is smaller than an inner diameter 20 of the mouth 22 of the water bottle 12. In this manner, it is easy to align the mouth 16 of the container 10 to the mouth 22 of the water bottle 12, and subsequently insert the mouth of the container 10 into the mouth 22 of the water bottle 12. Moreover, because the container 10 has an outer surface 24, which may have a tapered configuration, as shown in FIG. 1, the outer surface 24 of the container 10 will eventually contact an inner periphery 26 of the mouth 22 of the water bottle 12. A seal is formed that is sufficient to mitigate the powdered food product being poured into the water bottle 12 and forming a dust cloud inside the water bottle from escaping out of the mouth 22 of the water bottle 12. Because of the seal, no gap exists between the outer surface 24 of the container 10 and the inner periphery 26 of the mouth 22 of the water bottle 12 that might allow the dust cloud of powdered food product from spewing out of the water bottle 12 and making a mess.
Referring now to FIG. 1, the container 10 may have a body 28 and a cap 30. The body 28 may define an interior cavity 32. The interior cavity 32 is defined by an interior surface 34, a bottom surface 36, and an inside surface 38 of the cap 30. The interior cavity 32 of the container may have a volume sufficient to hold between 1 gram to 150 grams of powdered food product 14. Preferably, the interior cavity 32 has a volume sufficient to hold between 15 grams and 45 grams of powdered food product 14.
More preferably, the interior cavity 32 may have a volume sufficient to hold 25 grams, 30 grams, 35 grams, or 40 grams of powdered food product. In order to adjust the size of the interior cavity 32 to hold a particular amount of powdered food product, a bottom wall 40 of the container 10 may be brought closer to or further away from the mouth 16 of the container 10. By doing so, an external size and configuration of the container 10 may remain the same while varying the internal size of the interior cavity. In this way, the container 10 can be used to quickly and with no mess pour the powdered food product 14 into standard sized water bottles 12, regardless of the size or volume size of the interior cavity 32 or the amount.
The bottom wall 40 is brought closer to or further away from the mouth 16, so that after the powdered food product 14 in the interior cavity 32 is settled down in the container 10 in the upright position (see FIG. 1), a gap 42 between an upper surface 44 of the powdered food product 14 and the inside surface 38 of the cap 30 is at least 1/16th of an inch. The gap may more preferably be equal to or about plus or minus 20% an inner diameter 46 of the mouth 16 of the container 10.
It is also contemplated that the gap 42 may be up to two times the inner diameter 46 of the mouth 16. The gap 42 may be sized so that powdered food product 14 is retained within the interior cavity 32 of the container 10 when the container 10 is tilted from its vertical position about 30 degrees, and more preferably between 45 and 75 degrees. Doing this will assist the user to tilt the container 10 to align the mouth 16 of the container 10 to the mouth 32 of the water bottle 12 without spilling the powdered food product.
As discussed above, the container 10 may define the outer surface 24 and the inner surface 34. The outer and inner surfaces 24, 34 may both have a tapered configuration, as shown in FIG. 1. More particularly, the outer and inner surfaces 24, 34 may be defined by the body 28 of the container 10. Moreover, the outer and inner surfaces 24, 34 may be defined by the side walls 48 of the body 28. The side wall 48 may be fabricated from a sheet material including but not limited to paper, plastic, film, rigid biodegradable material, food grade cardboard, cardboard, heavy gauge paper, foil, plastic or the like. Preferably, the material out of which the side wall 48, cap 30 and bottom wall 40 are fabricated from is of a biodegradable material.
Because the side wall 48 is fabricated from a sheet material and may be rolled into the tapered or conical configuration as shown in FIG. 1, both the outer and inner surfaces 24, 34 have the identical tapered or conical configuration except that the inner surface 34 is offset inward from the outer surface 24. The outer and inner surfaces 24, 34 may define angles 50, 52 from a vertical center line 54. The angles 50, 52 may be set to the same angle since the side wall 48 is fabricated from a sheet material of a constant thickness.
However, it is also contemplated that the angle 50 of the outer surface 24 may be different than the angle 52 of the inner surface 34. To accomplish this, the side wall 48 may be fabricated from an injection loading process, wherein the injection molding die defines the inner and outer surfaces 34, 24, so as to have different angles 52, 50. This may be advantageous since the angle 50 of the outer surface 24 may be designed to fit standard water bottles 12, whereas the angle 52 of the inner surface 34 may be designed to encourage flow of powdered food product out of the interior cavity 32 and into the water bottle 12 when the container 10 is inverted, as shown in FIG. 4.
Moreover, although the figures show that the side wall 48 has a consistent tapered or conical configuration from the mouth 16 to a bottom portion 54, it is also contemplated that such consistency is not a requirement. Other configurations are also contemplated. By way of example and not limitation, a lower portion or a lower 25% to 55% or lower 50% of the outer surface 24 of the container 10 may be shaped so that the container is ergonomically grippable by the user, while the upper 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% of the container 10 may be shaped and sized to seal with the inner periphery of the mouth of the water bottle. This ergonomic configuration may be different than the tapered/conical configuration shown in FIG. 1. For example, the lower portion may have grooves and other protrusions that fit the user's hands or hand.
The outer surface 24 at the mouth 16 of the container 12 defines the outer diameter 18 of the mouth 16. The outer surface 24 may have a tapered configuration, as discussed above. The angle 50 may be between five degrees and 45 degrees from the center line 54. The angle may be set so that at a minimum, the outer surface 24 contacts the inner periphery 26 (FIG. 2) of the water bottle 12 at the mouth 22 of the water bottle. In this way, the container 10 does not slip into the water bottle 12, but instead, the outer surface 24 of the container 10 forms a seal with the inner periphery 26 of the water bottle 12 at the mouth 22 as the container 12 is dropped further into the mouth of the water bottle.
The seal between the outer surface of the container and the inner periphery of the mouth of the water bottle need not be a water-tight seal, but just sufficient to mitigate the powdered food product that might become airborne while it is being poured (FIG. 4) into the water bottle from escaping out of the water bottle between the mouth 22 of the water bottle and the body 28 of the container 10. Moreover, the angle 50 may be aggressive enough so that only a small portion of the body 48 of the container is inserted into the mouth 22 of the water bottle before the outer surface 24 contacts the inner periphery. Preferably, only a quarter inch of the body 48 from the mouth 16 of the container is inserted into the mouth 22 of the water bottle.
By minimizing the insertion distance 56 of the container 12 into the water bottle, this allows for space within the water bottle so that all of the powdered food product in the container can be fully poured into the water bottle. The inserted portion of the container does not take up the entire gap 42. Referring to FIG. 4, the insertion distance 56 may be sufficiently small so that all of the powdered food product 14 can be poured out of the container 10. In FIG. 4, a space 58 is shown. A small insertion distance 56 maximizes the space 58 to receive the powdered food product.
Although it is preferable that all of the powdered food product 14 exit out of the container 10 when it is inverted, it is also contemplated that a small amount of powdered food product may remain in the container 10 at the mouth 16 of the container 10. The amount of powdered food product 14 that may remain in the container may be sufficiently small so that when the container 10 is lifted up and removed out of the water bottle 12, the small amount of powdered food product flows out of the mouth 16 of the container 10 and into or on top of the remaining food product 14 that was already poured into the water bottle 10 and resides on top of an upper surface 60 of liquid or water 62. Preferably, the insertion distance 56 is minimized, but may be up to one or two inches.
The inner surface 34 of the container may be designed to facilitate powdered food product 14 from flowing out of the mouth 16 when the container 10 is inverted. The angle 52 may be less than or equal to angle 50. The angle 52 may be between five degrees and 65 degrees. Preferably, the angle 52 may be set to about 10 degrees. In general, the smaller the angle 52, the more likely or the better flow of the powdered food product 14 out of the mouth 16 is achieved. The flow rate of the powdered food product out of the container's mount may be a function of the angle 52 of the inner surface 34, the inner diameter 46 of the mouth 16, the type of powdered food product and a size of the powder of the powdered food product.
The inner surface 34 may also be coated with a coating or layer to prevent the powdered food product from sticking to the inner surface 34. By way of example and not limitation, the inner surface 34 may be coated with a parafin wax or nonstick coating.
The powdered food product 14 may include and is not limited to a powdered protein, flavoring, carbohydrate, sugar, baby formulas, sports and nutrition formulas, alcoholic mixed drinks, energy drinks, meal replacement formulas, powered nutrients, food dyes, industrial and/or construction additives. More broadly, the container may be filled with any powdered substance that can be mixed with water or other liquid to create a mixture of liquid and the powdered substance. desired result, edible or otherwise. By way of example and not limitation, this may include et cetera. As used herein, the various aspects of method and device described herein may be described in relation to a powdered protein, but it is also contemplated that the various aspects of the methods and apparatus disclosed herein may also be applicable to other types of powdered food products including but not limited to sugars, carbohydrates, et cetera.
The powdered food product may have various characteristics including but not limited to size of the powder, shape of the powder, density, and dissolvability in water. The various characteristics of the protein powdered food product may be identical to the powdered protein from Optimum Nutrition, Incorporated titled Performance Whey Isolate 100% of Protein from Whey Isolate.
Referring now to FIG. 3, the container 10 may be provided. The container 10 may be placed on a horizontal surface 70 so that the user can prepare to pour the powdered food product 14 contained within the container 10 into the water bottle 12. With the container 10 placed on the surface 70, the user may tap an upper portion of the container 10 once or twice as shown by directional arrows 72. By tapping the upper portion of the container 10, the powered food product that might be stuck at the upper portion within the container 10 may be released and urged downward so that a gap 42 is created in the container 10. Also, particulate powder is not retained on the underside of the cap 30 or the inner surface 34 which might spill out of the container 10 when removing the cap 30. With the container 10 in the position shown in FIG. 3, the user may remove the cap 30 from the body 28 of the container so that the powdered food product 14 may be poured out of the mouth 16 of the container 10. The user also may remove cap 74 from the water bottle 12. Typically, the bottle 12 may be filled with a liquid (e.g., liquid or water) very closely to the opening or mouth 2 of the water bottle 12. Because the powdered food product 14 must be poured into the water bottle and the powdered food product does not immediately sink down below the upper surface 60 of the water and into the water, the user must empty some of the water out of the water bottle 12 to create space 76 (see FIG. 3) within the water bottle 12 sufficient to 1) receive the powdered food product within the container 10 above the upper surface 60 of the water 62 and 2) receive an inserted portion 56 (see FIG. 4) of the container 10.
Now that the cap (e.g., screw on or adhered on) is removed from the water bottle 10 and the cap 74 is removed from water bottle 12, the user may begin to tilt the container 10 in the direction shown in FIG. 3 so as to align the mouth 16 of the container 10 to the mouth 22 of the water bottle 12. As discussed above, a sufficient amount of space which is referred to as a gap 42 (see FIG. 1) is left within or provided in the container 10 so that the container 10 can be tilted from its vertical orientation without having the powdered food product spill out of the container 10 and outside of the mouth 32 of the bottle 12. This helps the user to align the mouth 16 of the container 10 to the mouth 32 of the water bottle 12 without spilling the powdered food product onto the surface 70. Once the mouth 16 is aligned to the mouth 32 of the water bottle 12, the user may now begin to invert the container 10 and also insert the mouth portion 16 of the container into the mouth 32 of the water bottle 12. None of the powdered food product will spill out onto the surface 70 because the external configuration of the container 10 is designed to cooperate with the water bottle 12 and the internal configuration of the container 10 is designed facilitate pouring of the powdered food product out of its mouth. Because of the speed at which the user can insert the mouth 16 of the container 10 into the mouth 32 of the water bottle, none of the powdered food product is spilled out of the water bottle 12 and onto the surface 70.
In order to better help the user in inserting the mouth of the container 10 into the mouth 32 of the water bottle, the user may rest portion of the container, near the mouth 16 of the container 10 on an upper edge of the mouth 32 of the water bottle 12, as shown in FIG. 3. This helps to pre-align the mouth of the container to the mouth 32 of the water bottle 12 before the user quickly inverts the container 10. Although it is preferable that the user quickly inverts the container 10, it is also contemplated that the container 10 may be slowly inverted yet the powdered food product 14 does not spill out inadvertently onto the surface 70.
Referring now to FIG. 4, with the container 10 fully inverted and inserted into the water bottle 12, the powdered food product 14 may be emptied into the water bottle and may rest on the upper surface 60 of the water 62. Preferably, all of the powdered food product 14 exits out of the container 10 so that there is a gap or space 58 between the powdered food product 14 and the container 10 as shown in FIG. 4. However, a small amount of powdered food product 14 may remain within the container but this small amount may be sufficiently small so that when the container 10 is lifted out of the water bottle, the powdered food product is quickly deposited within the water bottle and no mess is created or no powdered food product is spilled out of the water bottle 12 and onto the surface 70. Moreover, as shown by directional arrows 78, when the container 10 is inserted into the water bottle 12, the user may tap once or twice 78 at the bottom portion of the container 10 to dislodge any powdered food product that might be trapped within the container 10. As discussed above, the inner surface 34 is sized and configured so as to urge the powdered food product to fully exit out of the container 10 when the container 10 is in the position shown in FIG. 4.
Referring now to FIG. 5, after all the powdered food product 14 has been deposited into the water bottle 12, the user may place the cap 30 back on the water bottle 12 to seal the water bottle 12. The user may now shake the water bottle to mix the powdered food product 14 with the water 62. After the powdered food product 14 has been fully mixed into the water 62, the user may now open or remove the cap 30 off the mouth 32 of the water bottle 12. The user may now enjoy the mixed drink. Additionally, because a pre-measured amount of powdered food product has been inserted or filled into the container, the user can enjoy a regulated and pre-determined amount of powdered food product 14.
By having a pre-measured amount of powdered food product 14 in the container 10, a health regimen may be prescribed to a user. By way of example and not limitation, the container 10 may contain a single serving of powdered food product (e.g. protein powder). The user may be prescribed three servings of a predetermined amount (30 grams) of powdered protein per day. The user may carry three containers throughout the day which the user will mix with water and consume on a time-based interval throughout the day at a place convenient to the user. It could be in the coffee break room, a cafeteria, fast food restaurant, etc. The container is conducive to allow the user to take the container 10 anywhere and have a wide range of environments in which the user may mix the powdered food product with water and consume the powdered food product. Because the container is convenient to use, it does not create a mess and the health regimen is more likely to be followed.
Referring now to FIG. 7, a plurality of containers 10 may be shipped in a box 80. The outer configuration of the container 10 allows the containers 10 to be reciprocally inverted to stack the containers within the box 80. Although the containers 10 are shown packed in a vertical orientation, it is also contemplated that the containers 10 may be packed in a horizontal configuration as well. Moreover, the box 80 may be sized to hold a fixed number of containers 10. By way of example in that limitation, if the health regimen requires the user to take three servings of the powdered food product per day and will take the powdered food product for seven days, then the box 80 may be sized to fit 21 containers 10 or multiples thereof if the user is to stay on the regimen for a number of weeks. By doing so, the user has a convenient package for one or multiple weeks and the user has a convenient package in that the container 10 allows the user to quickly grab three containers that he or she can consume throughout the day. The user can feel assured that he/she will not create a mess when mixing the powdered food product with water. The user is more likely to follow the health regimen.
The various aspects of the embodiments or apparatus and methods described herein were in relation to a twelve ounce water bottle with a small mouth having a inner diameter of about ½ inch. However, it is also contemplated that the container 10 may be a larger water bottles as well as a water bottle having a larger diameter mouth. By way of example and not limitation, the container 10 may be increased in size in order to fit a water bottle having a mouth with an inner diameter greater than ½ inch, 1 inch, 1.5 inches, 2 inches or other diameters in between and up to 4 inches.
The apparatus and method described above was in relation to a cap of the container being physically removed from the body of the container before the powdered food product within the container is poured into the water bottle. However, it is also contemplated that the cap or seal may be a water dissolvable membrane (e.g. cellulose film). By having a water dissolvable membrane cover the mouth of the container 10, the operation of the container 10 may change. In particular, instead of removing the water dissolvable membrane from the body of the container before pouring the powdered food product into the water bottle, the user may leave the water dissolvable membrane on the body of the container. The container may be sized (i.e., angle 50 may be decreased) so that the water dissolvable membrane and the mouth of the container can be inserted far enough into the water so that the water dissolvable membrane can be submersed in the water when the seal between the container and the water bottle is formed. The user may insert the mouth of the container into the mouth of the water bottle and submerse the mouth, and thus the water dissolvable membrane into the water within the water bottle. By doing so, the water dissolves the water dissolvable membranes and when a whole is formed therein, the powdered food product may begin to seep into the water 62 within the water bottle. Eventually, the powered food product 14 will completely exit out of the container and be in the water 62. At this point, the user may remove the container from the water bottle and close the water bottle with a cap. The user may now take the water bottle to mix the powdered food product with the water to prepare then consume the mixed drink.
As discussed above, the outer surface of the container may form a seal with the inner periphery of the mouth of the water bottle. However, when the body of the container is formed from a sheet material, the sheet material is folded over into the conical shape. By folding the sheet material into a conical shape a small lip may be formed by the overlap of the sheet. When the container contacts the inner periphery of the mouth of the water bottle, even if the lip exists and a small gap exists, a seal is still said to be formed between the outer surface of the container and the inner periphery of the mouth of the water bottle. Rather, the seal formed between the outer surface of the container and the inner periphery of the water bottle may have air gaps but as long as it is sufficiently small so that any dust cloud formed therein does not excessively spew out of the mouth of the water bottle through a gap between the outer surface of the container and the inner periphery of the water bottle, a seal is said to be formed.
The above description is given by way of example, and not limitation. Given the above disclosure, one skilled in the art could devise variations that are within the scope and spirit of the invention disclosed herein. Further, the various features of the embodiments disclosed herein can be used alone, or in varying combinations with each other and are not intended to be limited to the specific combination described herein. Thus, the scope of the claims is not to be limited by the illustrated embodiments.

Claims

1. A package for pouring of a powdered food product into a bottle having liquid and defining a mouth, the mouth defining an inner diameter which is between 0.5 inch and 2 inch, the package comprising:

a container having:

a body defining:

a first distal end having an outer diameter, the outer diameter being less than the inner diameter of the mouth of the bottle;

an outer surface having a conical configuration tapering inwardly to the first distal end and an angle between 3 to 65 degrees from a center line of the body;

an inner surface having a conical configuration and an angle between 3 to 65 degrees from a center line of the body; and

a cap for sealing the first distal end of the body;

powdered food product disposed within the body.

2. The package of claim 1 wherein the angle of the inner surface is less than the angle of the outer surface of the container.

3. The package of claim 1 wherein the powdered food product is protein.

4. The package of claim 1 wherein an interior volume of the body holds up to 30 grams of powdered protein.

5. The package of claim 1 wherein the angle of the inner surface is between 5 and 15 degrees from the centerline of the body.

6. The package of claim 1 wherein the angle of the outer surface is between 5 and 15 degrees.

7. The package of claim 1 wherein the angle of the inner surface is between 5 and 15 degrees from the centerline of the body, the angle of the outer surface is between 5 and 15 degrees and the angles of the inner and outer surfaces are different from each other.

8. (canceled)

9. (canceled)

10. (canceled)

11. The package of claim 1 wherein the inner surface of the container is coated with a non stick layer.

12. The package of claim 1 wherein the cap of the container is adhered onto the first distal end of the container or friction fitted onto the first distal end of the container.

13. A method of preparing a mixed drink of powdered food product and liquid contained in a bottle, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a container with a container cap removed from a mouth of the container to allow the powdered food product to be poured into the bottle, the container having:

a body defining:

a mouth having an outer diameter, the outer diameter is less than the inner diameter of the mouth of the bottle;

an outer surface having a conical configuration and an angle between 3 to 65 degrees from a center line of the body;

a cap for sealing the mouth of the body;

providing the bottle with a bottle cap removed from a mouth of the bottle;

inserting the mouth of the container into the mouth of the bottle;

contacting an inner peripheral edge of the mouth of the bottle with the outer surface of the container at an angle of between 3 and 65 degrees;

creating a seal between an outer surface of the container and the inner peripheral edge of the mouth of the bottle;

sliding the powdered food product down an interior surface at an angle between 3 and 65 degrees;

flowing the powdered food product out of the mouth of the container and into the bottle and on an upper surface of the liquid in the bottle;

lifting the container out of the bottle;

engaging the bottle cap to the mouth of the bottle to close the bottle;

shaking the bottle to mix the powdered food product and the liquid in the bottle.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the angle of contact between the outer surface of the container and the inner peripheral edge of the mouth of the bottle and the sliding angle of the powdered food product are different from each other.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein the sliding angle of the powdered food product is less than the angle of contact between the outer surface of the container and the inner peripheral edge of the mouth of the bottle.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the angle of contact between the outer surface of the container and the inner peripheral edge is between 5 degrees and 35 degrees.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the angle of contact between the outer surface of the container and the inner peripheral edge is between 15 degrees and 20 degrees.

18. The method of claim 13 wherein the sliding angle of the powdered food product is between 5 degrees and 35 degrees.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the sliding angle of the powdered food product is between 15 degrees and 20 degrees.

20. The method of claim 13 wherein the providing the container step includes the steps of:

positioning the container holding the powdered food product in an upright position so that the mouth of the container is positioned upward;

tapping the mouth of the container with a downward force to dislodge any powdered food product from an upper portion of an interior cavity of the container;

removing the container cap from the mouth of the container.

21. The method of claim 13 wherein the providing the bottle step includes the steps of:

removing a bottle cap from a mouth of the bottle;

removing between 1 to 3 ounces of liquid from the bottle to make space for the powdered food product.

22. The method of claim 13 further comprising the steps of:

tilting the container and aligning the mouth of the container to the mouth of the bottle;

resting the mouth portion of the container on an upper edge of the mouth of the bottle.

23. A package for pouring of a powdered food product into a bottle having liquid and defining a mouth, the mouth defining an inner diameter which is between 0.5 inch and 2 inch, the package comprising:

a container having:

a body defining:

a mouth having an outer diameter, the outer diameter being less than the inner diameter of the mouth of the bottle;

an outer surface having a contiguous conical configuration and an angle between 3 to 65 degrees from a center line of the body;

a cap for sealing the mouth of the body;

powdered food product disposed within the body;

wherein the outer surface has the contiguous conical configuration from a first distal end of the body which is inserted into the mouth of the bottle during pouring towards a second distal end.