The invention relates to a device for centrifuging at least one food product comprising at least one conveyance means (7,7a,7b) and at least one centrifuge element (9a,9b) having an interior space (15a,15b) to receive the food product and being adapted to be spun around a first rotational axis, wherein the food product is conveyable into the internal space via the conveyance means, wherein the conveyance means is at least partly insertable into and extricable out of the interior space, as well as a method for centrifuging at least one food product, especially utilizing an inventive device, wherein the food product is conveyed to at least one centrifuge element, having an interior space to receive the food product and being adapted to be spun around a first rotational axis, by at least one conveyance means, wherein furthermore the food product is conveyed to and/or from the centrifuge element such that it is transferred to the conveyance means, transferred from one element of the conveyance means to another element of the conveyance means, from the conveyance means to the centrifuge element and/or from the centrifuge element to an output of the device by a sliding movement and/or with a minimized sliding height, the food product is placed by the conveyance means close to a side wall of the centrifuge element and/or a corner of the side wall with a bottom wall and/or a bottom plate and /or before and/or during the conveyance of the food product to the centrifuge element the conveyance means is at least partly inserted into the interior space and/or during or after the conveyance of the food product to the centrifuge element the conveyance means is at least partly extricated out of the interior space. EP2548650A1
