A moulding machine for production of pasta-filata cheese sticks, characterized in that it comprises: - a moulding unit comprising: - a chamber, which is supplied with pasta-filata and has outlets arranged in line and facing upwards, - at least one mould (36, 38), which has two rows of channels (40, 42) opening on a first surface of the mould (36, 38) facing downwards and arranged adjacent to said outlets, and - driving means (44, 46), which are adapted to drive said mould (36, 38) with reciprocating motion between a first position, in which the channels of a first one of said rows are aligned to said outlets to be filled with pasta-filata, while the channels of the second one of said rows are open to the outside for discharge, and a second position in which the channels of the second one of said rows are aligned to said outlets to be filled with pasta-filata while the channels of the first one of said rows are open to the outside for discharge, - a consolidation tub arranged below said moulding unit, and - a first chute and a second chute, which are arranged between said moulding unit and said consolidation tub for receiving pasta-filata in the shape of sticks from the channels of the first row and the channels of the second row respectively, and for unloading said sticks into the consolidation tub, each of said chutes having an inlet end (80a, 82a) substantially parallel to the plane defined by the axes of said channels (40, 42), and an outlet end (80b, 82b) slanting with respect to the horizontal plane by a delivery angle (α) in the range 0° to 45°. - a moulding unit comprising: - a chamber, which is supplied with pasta-filata and has outlets arranged in line and facing upwards, - at least one mould (36, 38), which has two rows of channels (40, 42) opening on a first surface of the mould (36, 38) facing downwards and arranged adjacent to said outlets, and - driving means (44, 46), which are adapted to drive said mould (36, 38) with reciprocating motion between a first position, in which the channels of a first one of said rows are aligned to said outlets to be filled with pasta-filata, while the channels of the second one of said rows are open to the outside for discharge, and a second position in which the channels of the second one of said rows are aligned to said outlets to be filled with pasta-filata while the channels of the first one of said rows are open to the outside for discharge, - a chamber, which is supplied with pasta-filata and has outlets arranged in line and facing upwards, - at least one mould (36, 38), which has two rows of channels (40, 42) opening on a first surface of the mould (36, 38) facing downwards and arranged adjacent to said outlets, and - driving means (44, 46), which are adapted to drive said mould (36, 38) with reciprocating motion between a first position, in which the channels of a first one of said rows are aligned to said outlets to be filled with pasta-filata, while the channels of the second one of said rows are open to the outside for discharge, and a second position in which the channels of the second one of said rows are aligned to said outlets to be filled with pasta-filata while the channels of the first one of said rows are open to the outside for discharge, - a consolidation tub arranged below said moulding unit, and - a first chute and a second chute, which are arranged between said moulding unit and said consolidation tub for receiving pasta-filata in the shape of sticks from the channels of the first row and the channels of the second row respectively, and for unloading said sticks into the consolidation tub, each of said chutes having an inlet end (80a, 82a) substantially parallel to the plane defined by the axes of said channels (40, 42), and an outlet end (80b, 82b) slanting with respect to the horizontal plane by a delivery angle (α) in the range 0° to 45°.