PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a food, reducing unseparated defective products in food production including a step of cutting with a cutter, and having good productivity, and an apparatus for producing a food, reducing unseparated defective products in food production including a step of cutting with a cutter.SOLUTION: A method for producing a food including a cutting step of cutting a food 35 with a cutter includes a compression step of compressing a food passing the cutting step, from one side or both sides of the upper surface and lower surface of the food. An apparatus for producing a food includes a lower belt conveyor 31 and an upper belt conveyor 30 above the lower belt conveyor, and the irregularities of the transportation rollers of the belt conveyors are processed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4