A dough line, comprising at least one conveyor for transporting elongated dough pieces in a direction of conveyance, curl-up means, arranged above the conveyor, for curling up a dough piece conveyed underneath the curl-up means into a cylindrical shape, and a moulding unit for moulding the curled up dough piece, compressing the dough piece in an axial direction, wherein the curl-up means comprise a first contact surface, configured for exerting a force onto a leading edge of the dough piece with at least a component in a direction opposite to the direction of conveyance and subsequently curling up the dough piece over a part of its length, and a second contact surface, configured for engaging the dough piece at an outer lateral surface of the part already curled up by the first contact surface substantially tangentially with respect to the direction of conveyance, each extending in the direction of conveyance.
