Method for slicing food products and slicing machine

A slicing machine for slicing food products, comprising:

• a feeding unit configured to supply at least one product calibre along a feeding direction;
• a cutting device configured to slice the at least one product calibre into slices so that the at least one product calibre is sliced at least in sections with a preset slice thickness, but at most up to a preset end-piece length;
• a portioning unit configured to form portions from the slices cut by the cutting device, wherein each portion comprises one or more slices;
• and
• a control unit configured to control at least the feeding unit, the cutting device, and the portioning unit;
• wherein the control unit is operable to control the cutting device such that, before an end of slicing the at least one product calibre, one or more last slices with a reduced slice thickness, which is less than the preset slice thickness, or an enlarged slice thickness, which is greater than the preset slice thickness, are sliced, wherein the reduced slice thickness and/or the enlarged slice thickness are/is determined by the control unit in such a way that the at least one product calibre is sliceable down to the preset end-piece length.