A dispensing container for viscous products comprising: a cream pot having an inner cylinder that defines a storage volume configured to store a viscous product; a cap configured to close the cream pot and having a dispensing outlet ; a screw rod rotatably connected to the cream pot ; a piston having an inner thread and being coupled to the screw rod such that rotation of the screw rod leads to movement of the piston in the inner cylinder along a longitudinal axis of the screw rod to reduce the storage volume of the inner cylinder and to dispense the product through the dispensing outlet ; an indexing mechanism is provided that is configured to lock the screw rod in a plurality of rotational positions with respect to the cream pot , wherein the indexing mechanism comprises indexing spring elements located at the screw rod and indexing sections located at a bottom of the cream pot , wherein the indexing spring elements of the screw rod are configured to interact with the indexing sections of the cream pot in order to lock the screw rod with respect to the cream pot ; the dispensing container being characterized in that a valve is provided that is configured to close the dispensing outlet , wherein the valve comprises a valve member , wherein a valve opening mechanism is provided that is configured to move the valve member along the longitudinal axis of the screw rod between a closed position in which the dispensing outlet is closed by the valve member and an open position in which the dispensing outlet is open, wherein the screw rod comprises valve actuating features , that are configured to rotate the valve member about the longitudinal axis of the screw rod with respect to the cap , thereby actuating the valve opening mechanism . a cream pot having an inner cylinder that defines a storage volume configured to store a viscous product; a cap configured to close the cream pot and having a dispensing outlet ; a screw rod rotatably connected to the cream pot ; a piston having an inner thread and being coupled to the screw rod such that rotation of the screw rod leads to movement of the piston in the inner cylinder along a longitudinal axis of the screw rod to reduce the storage volume of the inner cylinder and to dispense the product through the dispensing outlet ; an indexing mechanism is provided that is configured to lock the screw rod in a plurality of rotational positions with respect to the cream pot , wherein the indexing mechanism comprises indexing spring elements located at the screw rod and indexing sections located at a bottom of the cream pot , wherein the indexing spring elements of the screw rod are configured to interact with the indexing sections of the cream pot in order to lock the screw rod with respect to the cream pot ; the dispensing container being characterized in that a valve is provided that is configured to close the dispensing outlet , wherein the valve comprises a valve member , wherein a valve opening mechanism is provided that is configured to move the valve member along the longitudinal axis of the screw rod between a closed position in which the dispensing outlet is closed by the valve member and an open position in which the dispensing outlet is open, wherein the screw rod comprises valve actuating features , that are configured to rotate the valve member about the longitudinal axis of the screw rod with respect to the cap , thereby actuating the valve opening mechanism . <EOS>