A method for manufacturing a food product, comprising: depositing a sheet of a first foodstuff having a first width (Wss); transporting the sheet of the first foodstuff in a first driven direction; depositing a strip of a second foodstuff upon a portion of an upper surface (D1 U) of the sheet of the first foodstuff, the strip of the second foodstuff having a second width (W ST) that is less than the first width (Wss) of the sheet of the first foodstuff; transporting the sheet of the first foodstuff with the strip of the second foodstuff deposited thereupon in the first driven direction; separating the sheet of the first foodstuff with the strip of the second foodstuff deposited thereupon into a plurality of sheet segments; serially transporting each sheet segment of the plurality of sheet segments from the first driven direction to a second driven direction that is transverse to the first driven direction such that a portion of the strip of the second foodstuff of a leading sheet segment that was serially transported from the first driven direction to the second driven direction is at least partially encapsulated by opposing layers of the first foodstuff defined by: a first foodstuff of the leading sheet segment and a first foodstuff of a trailing sheet segment that was subsequently serially transported from the first driven direction to the second driven direction; compressing the leading and trailing sheet segments including the portion of the strip of the second foodstuff that is at least partially encapsulated by the opposing layers of the first foodstuff for forming a plurality of thickness segments including the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff that define an elongated food product body; separating the elongated food product body into a plurality of food product body units; and finishing the plurality of food product body units. depositing a sheet of a first foodstuff having a first width (Wss); transporting the sheet of the first foodstuff in a first driven direction; depositing a strip of a second foodstuff upon a portion of an upper surface (D1 U) of the sheet of the first foodstuff, the strip of the second foodstuff having a second width (W ST) that is less than the first width (Wss) of the sheet of the first foodstuff; transporting the sheet of the first foodstuff with the strip of the second foodstuff deposited thereupon in the first driven direction; separating the sheet of the first foodstuff with the strip of the second foodstuff deposited thereupon into a plurality of sheet segments; serially transporting each sheet segment of the plurality of sheet segments from the first driven direction to a second driven direction that is transverse to the first driven direction such that a portion of the strip of the second foodstuff of a leading sheet segment that was serially transported from the first driven direction to the second driven direction is at least partially encapsulated by opposing layers of the first foodstuff defined by: a first foodstuff of the leading sheet segment and a first foodstuff of a trailing sheet segment that was subsequently serially transported from the first driven direction to the second driven direction; compressing the leading and trailing sheet segments including the portion of the strip of the second foodstuff that is at least partially encapsulated by the opposing layers of the first foodstuff for forming a plurality of thickness segments including the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff that define an elongated food product body; separating the elongated food product body into a plurality of food product body units; and finishing the plurality of food product body units.