Abstract: Described is an apparatus for preparing and dispensing a single dose of a food product comprising: —means (2) for feeding a solvent liquid having at least one duct (28) for dispensing the liquid; —a cavity (11) for housing a single-dose unit (50) of a food product comprising an inlet connected to the duct (28) for dispensing the liquid designed for feeding the liquid to the single-dose unit (50); the cavity having at least one duct (8) for transferring the product-liquid mixture; —a unit or chamber (9) for cooling the mixture fed by the transfer duct (8) inside the cooling unit; —a unit (14) for dispensing the product formed inside the cooling unit (9) connected to the same unit, for dispensing the product formed in a single dose.