Cutting device

A device for slicing a food product comprising:

• a product feed which feeds the food product to be sliced along a product conveying direction to a cutting plane in which a cutting blade moves, the food product having a contour and a front product end region,
• the product feed including at least one end element which has at least one of a product guiding support surface and a product contact surface for the front product end region, and
• an adjustment apparatus for adjusting the at least one end element to have a component of movement generally perpendicular to the product conveying direction, the adjustment apparatus being configured to adjust at least one of the product guiding support surface and the product contact surface of the at least one end element to the contour of the food product during a slicing operation.

A method of slicing a food product, comprising the steps of:

• feeding a food product to be sliced by a product feed along a product conveying direction to a cutting plane in which a cutting blade moves;
• guiding a front product end region by at least one end element relative to the product conveying direction, with the at least one end element having at least one of a product guiding support surface and a product contact surface for the front product end region, and
• adjusting at least one of the product guiding support surface and the product contact surface of the at least one end element with a component generally perpendicular to the product conveying direction to follow a contour of the food product.