Filling unit and method for filling containers

Filling unit for a packaging machine for filling bulk materials into packages, comprising at least one conveyor device, by means of which bulk materials can be conveyed into a package, and at least one control device, which is suitable and configured to guide a filling stream into a package,

• characterized in
• that at least one fill level sensor device including at least two sensor devices is provided, which is suitable and configured to detect at least one first fill level and at least one second fill level of bulk materials in a package, wherein the first fill level corresponds to a lower fill level than the second fill level, wherein the first sensor device detects the first fill level, and wherein the second sensor device detects the second fill level and wherein the control device regulates the filling stream by way of the fill levels determined by the sensor device, wherein the control device is suitable and configured to level off the fill level of the bulk material in the package by regulating the filling stream between the first fill level and the second fill level.