Capsule for containing a food substance adapted to interact with a pressurized fluid injected into said capsule for obtaining a beverage exiting from said capsule, comprising: - a cup-like body that comprises a bottom that is connected to a tubular side wall which, at the end axially opposite to said bottom, defines an upper opening that can be closed by means of a closing membrane that can be coupled to said end, wherein said closing membrane can be pierced by at least one element for piercing and dispensing a fluid of a dispensing machine in which said capsule can be inserted and in which said bottom has a central portion at which at least one beverage dispensing opening is obtained, and an annular portion, which surrounds said central portion and has a plurality of raised elements which are obtained projecting towards the inside of said cup-like body and define a plurality of channels along which said beverage flows towards said at least one dispensing opening, - a retaining film for retaining a dose of said substance and which is arranged inside said cup-like body above said raised elements so as to define, together with a portion of the inner side surface of said tubular side wall and with said closing membrane, a closed chamber for containing said dose of substance, - said channels are closed from above by a closing element and have access openings that exit at an annular groove that is obtained in said bottom, surrounds said annular portion and is open at the top, and in that said retaining film is stretched above said bottom by a defined distance from said closing element of said channels without contact therewith, wherein following an increase in the internal pressure in said closed chamber following the injection of said fluid therein, said retaining film opens at at least one area overlying said closing element of said channels, characterised in that said closing element is shaped and sized so as to close said channels from above but not said annular groove. - a cup-like body that comprises a bottom that is connected to a tubular side wall which, at the end axially opposite to said bottom, defines an upper opening that can be closed by means of a closing membrane that can be coupled to said end, wherein said closing membrane can be pierced by at least one element for piercing and dispensing a fluid of a dispensing machine in which said capsule can be inserted and in which said bottom has a central portion at which at least one beverage dispensing opening is obtained, and an annular portion, which surrounds said central portion and has a plurality of raised elements which are obtained projecting towards the inside of said cup-like body and define a plurality of channels along which said beverage flows towards said at least one dispensing opening, - a retaining film for retaining a dose of said substance and which is arranged inside said cup-like body above said raised elements so as to define, together with a portion of the inner side surface of said tubular side wall and with said closing membrane, a closed chamber for containing said dose of substance, - said channels are closed from above by a closing element and have access openings that exit at an annular groove that is obtained in said bottom, surrounds said annular portion and is open at the top,