Abstract: In a method of dispensing metered quantities of snuff and of packaging the individual quantities of snuff, the individual snuff quantities are shaped while being packaged, there being used an upwardly and downwardly open frame (1) divided by internal walls into a plurality of spaces (5) of the same size. These spaces (5) are closed downwardly by means of a base sheet (2) welded to the frame, a metered quantity of snuff is evenly distributed in the spaces (5) and the frame (1) is hermetically closed on the top side by means of a top sheet (10), optionally after being placed in a vacuum chamber (9) or after mechanical compression of the snuff in the individual spaces (5).