Line with freely programmable trays

A method for producing packaged food slices using a line having a food processing apparatus and a packaging machine, between which a placement and transport apparatus is provided that has a plurality of tablet trays on which food products are placed and with which the food products are transported towards the packaging machine, the tablet trays move in a contact-free manner along a closed transport surface, wherein the tablet trays have a movable surface comprising a continuous belt on which the food products are placed, wherein the food products are deposited onto the tablet trays and then transported towards the packaging machine to be sealed, wherein a weight of the tablet trays is measured while the food products are cut from a food bar by a cutter of the food processing apparatus, and a signal of the measured weight of the food products is used for regulating the cutter of the food processing apparatus, and an advance of the food bar between two cuts is regulated by the signal, wherein if the weight of a tablet tray is below a target weight, then the tablet tray is sent to a weight correcting station to correct the weight and then the tablet tray is moved to the packaging machine after the weight is corrected, and wherein the tablet trays are vibrated to compact the food products or change their position on the tablet tray.