A device for producing shaped meat portions, the device including a sorting device for sorting meat into a first set of pieces having a weight which is below a desired weight, a second set of pieces having a weight which corresponds to a desired weight, and a third set of pieces having a weight which is above a desired weight. The device further includes a cutting device which cuts each of the third set of pieces to a desired weight so that the cut pieces having a desired weight define a set of selected meat pieces. A transport device transports the set of selected meat pieces and a freezing facility through which the transport device conveys the set of selected meat pieces and which freezes the set of selected meat pieces. The device further including a shaping device which presses or presses and punches the frozen set of selected meat pieces in a mold and thus transforms the frozen set of selected meat pieces into a final shape or a plurality of final shapes, wherein the shaping device produces in a controlled manner meat portions having a predefined weight and a predefined three-dimensional shape.
