A method of producing an absorbent product, selected from the group consisting of a sanitary towel, an incontinence pad, and a panty liner, characterized in that a blank intended to constitute a shaped element in the absorbent product is produced in plane form with an essentially elongate shape with a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, two short sides and two long sides, two end portions and a central portion, where one end portion is given a width which increases towards the short side of the blank and a cutout is made in the other end portion, the blank is folded double along a longitudinal center line of the blank, an absorption layer and then an outer layer are arranged on each surface, after which the side edges along the cutout formed, the absorption layers and also the outer layers are joined and the joined parts are folded up into a plane state.