Apparatus for dispensing a flowable foodstuff

A disposable ingredient cartridge for beverage dispense apparatus comprises a moulded plastic two-piece shell 33a, 33b with an ingredient reservoir 34. A one-way valve 35 leads into the reservoir 34 for filling the reservoir 34 with ingredient. Two non-return valves 36, 37 lead into and out of a chamber 38 and a pump piston 39 attached to a drive member 40 connectable to an external drive (not shown) via the piston shaft 41 is movable within the chamber 38 to vary the size of the chamber 38. In use, when the drive member 40 is driven in one direction, the piston 39 moves drawing ingredient from the reservoir 34 through non-return valve 36 into chamber 38 and, when the drive member 40 is driven in the other direction, the piston 39 pushes the ingredient out of chamber 38 through non-return valve 37 down a flexible tube 42 and out of a tip valve 43. The tip valve 43 is attached to a mounting piece 44 receivable by the apparatus such that the tip valve will be in a flow of diluent. The cartridge has a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag 43a which contains coded information relating to the fluid contained within the reservoir 34, for example the fluid type and its concentration, and the apparatus has a reader for reading the tag 43a.