Methods and machines for pouching smokeless tobacco and tobacco substitute products

A method of making a pouched oral product comprising:

• providing a rotating drum including a surface defining a recess, the rotating drum having a first non-woven fabric, an oral product, and a second non-woven fabric thereon such that the oral product is in the recess between the first non-woven fabric and the second non-woven fabric;
• and
• forming the pouched oral product by rotating a weld and cut roller against the rotating drum to seal and cut the first non-woven fabric and the second non-woven fabric around the oral product, the weld and cut roller defining a recess configured to be aligned with the recess of the rotating drum.