A rolled food item (110) is fabricated by rolling a strip of support material
(16) and food (14) about its leading end (136) into a roll.
Prior to its rolling into the roll, a deposit (144) of water is sprayed
onto the food (14) adjacent to the trailing end (138) to increase
the tackiness of the food (14) sufficient to be adherable to the support
material (16) in the roll to at least temporarily prevent unintentional
unrolling of the roll during later fabrication operations. In the preferred form,
the trailing end of the deposit (144) is coextensive with the trailing end
(138) of the strip of support material (16) and food (14).
In one form, the side edges of the deposit (144) are spaced inwardly from
the side edges of the food (14) which are spaced inwardly from the side
edges of the support material (16).