A machine (10) for coating food products with a particulate breading material, comprising: a. a batter unit (16) for applying a fluid batter paste onto a food product, comprising a batter paste container (150) and a conveyor system of the batter unit (152) for supplying the food product from said tank of batter paste (150), and including a discharge section (182) to drive the food product from the batter unit (16) in a first direction generally horizontal in the opposite direction to said batter paste deposit (150) ； and b. a breading unit (18) for applying a particle-shaped breading on the food product, once the food product has advanced through the conveyor system of the batter unit (152), which comprises a deposit of breading material (200), a breading station (206) in which the breading is applied on the food product, and a conveyor system of the breading unit (200, 222) to supply the food product received from said batter unit (16 ), as well as the breading material of the breading material reservoir (200), to said breading station (206), said breading unit (18) including a section of conveyor receiving food products (220) and side walls (242) which limit the section of food product receiving conveyor (220), shaped to protrude outwardly along an upper portion (242b) of said side walls (242) to guide the food product from the unloading section (182) of the batter unit (16) to the conveyor section receiving food products (220), and confine the food product as the conveyor section receiving food products (220) moves the food product to the breading station (206).Una máquina (10) para recubrir productos alimenticios con un material de empanado en forma de partículas, que comprende: a. una unidad de rebozado (16) para aplicar una pasta de rebozar fluida sobre un producto alimenticio, que comprende un depósito de pasta de rebozar (150) y un sistema transportador de la unidad de rebozado (152) para suministrar el producto alimenticio desde dicho depósito de pasta de r
