Abstract: Dough to be portioned is filled into a hopper, which leads to a chamber from which the dough is forced by means of a plunger into pocket openings arranged on the circumference of a rotating drum. Two rotary members are arranged in the hopper, each of which carries arms serving for preportioning the dough. Within the hopper and above the rotary members are arranged two sets of feed rollers for the dough. These feed rollers serve as intake rollers for the dough to be preportioned. The direction of rotational movement of the rollers of each set of feet rollers is the same as the direction of rotation of the cooperating rotary member. Rotation of the rotary members is controlled by a sensing means responsive to the quantity of dough in the chamber and also the rotation of the feed rollers may be controlled by these sensing means.