An absorbent product comprising a liquid permeable topsheet (7), a liquid impermeable backsheet (8), and an absorbent core (11) enclosed between the topsheet (7) and the backsheet (8), said absorbent core (11) comprising an absorbent fibrous layer (9), a liquid inlet foam layer (1), and a carrier layer (10), in which a transversally central region (4) is arranged in the liquid inlet foam layer (1), said region (4) extending along the entire longitudinal length (L1) of the absorbent core (11), and comprising a plurality of slits (2) arranged in a pattern, wherein the slits (2) are in the form of dilated slit openings (3a) in a part of said central region (4), which is comprised in an intermediate portion (16) of the absorbent core, and the slits (2) are in the form of non-dilated slits (3b) in parts of said central region (4), which are comprised in one or both of front and rear portions (15, 17) of the absorbent core； and a method of manufacturing an absorbent product (100), comprising the steps of: cutting (130) slits (2) in a central region (4) of a continuous web of liquid inlet foam material (101) and extending (131) the web transversally in the cross machine direction, whereby the slits (2) are dilated into openings (3a)； applying adhesive (132) to a continuous web of carrier material (110)； combining (133) the continuous web of liquid inlet foam material (101) and cutting (134) inlet foam layer components (126) from the combined web (125)； providing (135) absorbent components (122)； enclosing (136) the inlet foam layer component (126) and absorbent component (122) between continuous webs of topsheet material (107) and backsheet material (108)； joining (137) at least the topsheet material (107) and the backsheet material (108) along the outer edges of the absorbent product； cutting (138) the combined material into a desired shape, thus obtaining the absorbent product (100).La présente invention porte sur un produit absorbant qui comprend une feuille supérieure
