A dispenser for metering doses of pulverulent material (e.g., snuff) from an open end of a container directly to the user. A cap is press-fitted upon the open end by an upstanding rim carried on a flat base. The case has parallel guides and a passage therethrough to the open end. An elongated spoon slide reciprocates by one-handed operation within the guides between closed and delivery positions. The spoon slide is biased by a spring into the closed position for safe carrying of the container. A valve tongue in the spoon slide defines an adjustable volume chamber to be filled with material from the container in the closed position, and closes tightly the passage in the delivery position where a dose of material is dispensed to the user.