This invention relates to a device for producing portions of food products
in pieces, especially chunks of fresh meat, comprising at least one pump
capable of outputting an approximately constant flow rate of food product
in pieces, a tubular distributing pipe (2) connected to the delivery
outlet of said pump, and comprising at least one delivery opening (22a,
22b), and cutting and shaping means (61) acting on the food product
distributed by the outlet opening of the pipe to form portions (P1), said
tubular pipe being equipped with a cutting system (3) comprising at least
one cutting means, such as a flat oscillating blade (310a, 310b1 320a,
320b, 410), which traverses transversely from one side to the other of
said main internal passageway in order to cut the food product into at
least two layers and so produce textured portions (P1) of food products.