The apparatus for producing absorbents is provided with a duct (4) that supplies absorbent starting material carried on an air stream and a vacuum depositing part (22) that deposits said absorbent starting material by suction and is configured so that after depositing the absorbent starting material on the vacuum depositing part (22) while advancing the vacuum depositing part (22) in one direction the deposited product is released from the vacuum depositing part (22). The vacuum depositing part (22) is divided into multiple recesses (221 227) the bottoms of which are provided with a suction region obtained from a porous material and has high density deposit regions where absorbent starting material is deposited to a high density and low density deposit regions where the absorbent starting material is deposited to a lower density than the high density deposit regions. For the recesses (221 222 224 227) disposed in the low density deposit regions the ratio of the area of the suction region with respect to the area of the opening is smaller than the ratio of the area of the suction region (223e) with respect to the area of the opening (223d) for recesses disposed in the high density deposit regions (223).
