Abstract: A dispensing container for containing a plurality of medical or food supplement tablets contained within the container in a random fashion and dispensing the tablets one at a time. The container has a hollow body and a first and second end, the first end is closed. The container is shaped internally at the second end to define an at least part circumferential channel bounded by sidewalls between which no relative movement occurs during dispensing. The channel is capable of permitting a number of randomly contained tablets to enter the channel in a preferred orientation. An aperture in the channel capable of permitting the tablets to leave said channel one at a time.