A gravity operated press (10) for producing a compressed soy product comprising an upright stack of moulds (13), each mould containing soy curd mixture or a packet of cloth wrapped soy curd mixture. The soy curd mixture or packet in the bottommost mould (16) in the stack is compressed by the weight of the moulds containing mixture or packets above it, wherein, removal of the bottommost mould and emptying it of the compressed soy or packet allows the mould to be returned to the top of the stack to be reloaded with fresh soy mixture or new packet, and wherein, each moulding turn, moves to the bottom of said stack, to be emptied and returned to the top of the stack.
