Abstract: An apparatus for the production of Chinese spring rolls and other rolled food products wherein a flat pancake is deposited on a gas permeable conveyor belt and a filler substance is placed atop said pancake, wherein said pancake successively is passed above air jets directed against the underside of said pancake to fold the front portion and opposite side portions of the flat pancake over said filling substance and wherein the folded pancake together with the filler substance finally is rolled toward the rear edge of said pancake to form a roll fully enclosing said filler substance.