The invention relates to a device (10) for pressing a food mass into specified shape, in particular a bar or disk shape, comprising at least one roller (12, 14) and at least one scraping element (20, 22) for scraping the food mass from the at least one roller (12, 14). The at least one roller (12, 14) is provided with a specified contour (16, 18) on the outer circumference of the roller. According to the invention, the at least one scraping element is designed such that the movement of the at least one scraping element (20, 22) is controllable via the contour of the at least one roller (16, 18).