Dispenser units for flowable solid materials

Apparatus for dispensing fluent solid material, for example granules or powdery material such as milk formula powder is described. A generally vertical housing has a lower section 2 adapted to receive a receptacle 1 for dispensed material, and an upper section adapted to receive an inverted open-topped container of the fluent solid material. The floor of the upper section has an aperture and is associated with a rotary dispensing and portioning mechanism, which includes at least one chamber of predetermined size located in a rotary member and means for rotating the rotary member to bring the chamber(s) into registration with the aperture in the floor of the upper section of the housing to enable powdered or fluent material to enter the chamber(s) under the effect of gravity. By rotating the rotary member further, the or a chamber comes to lie above the receptacle, enabling the discharge of the contents of the so positioned chamber into the receptacle.