A forming machine for making pasta filata cheese sticks, comprising a motorized cylindrical drum (34) with a horizontal axis, which has a series of mutually parallel grooves (36), a body (26) provided with a concave surface (32) with a profile shaped like a cylindrical sector that has the same diameter as the drum (34) and is arranged adjacent thereto, the body (26) having an elongated slit (28) that leads onto the concave surface (32) and is adapted to receive pasta filata under pressure； the grooves (36) have a profile that is elongated along the longitudinal dimension of the drum (34) and the slit (28) is extended obliquely with respect to them.
