Abstract: The invention is a capsule intended for receiving a substance for preparing a beverage. The capsule has a body made from a compostable material according to standard EN 13432, and is equipped with at least one sealing film having at least one layer made from compostable material and at least one sealing layer on the body. The sealing film has an oxygen transmission rate of not more than 5 cm3/m2·day·atm according to standard ASTM F1927.

Abstract: Capsule intended for receiving a substance for preparing a beverage using a coffee machine or infusion machine, to be held by a piston during the passage of the extracting liquid after piercing of the base by the pins of the piston. The capsule made from injected plastic material has a base (1) and a side wall (3) together forming part of a frustrum of a cone, as well as a rim (4) covered by a lid (5) after the filling of the capsule with the substance. The side wall (2) is shaped as a single cone frustrum between the rim (3) and the open (12) base (1), formed as a flattened ring (11), connected to the side wall (2). The side wall (2) is covered by a label (23) and the open base (1), including the ring (11) thereof, is covered by a sealed lid (14) inside the base.