A process for making an anatomical absorbent core comprising the steps of: providing a continuous sheet-form layer of absorbent material comprising a nonwoven carrier having natural and/or synthetic fibers and superabsorbent polymer particles immobilized therein and/or thereon, said sheet-form layer comprising oppositely disposed top and bottom surfaces (2, 3), and first and second longitudinal sides (4, 5) and a width (w) extending between said sides (4, 5), and said sides (4, 5) extending substantially parallel to each other throughout the entire sheet-form layer length extending along a machine direction; advancing said sheet-form layer along the machine direction to a cutting station; applying at least two cuts to said sheet-form layer at each of the first and second longitudinal sides (4, 5) along a cutting axis, wherein the each of said cuts is spaced apart by a distance along a longitudinal axis running parallel to the machine direction and perpendicular to said width (w), said cuts forming intermediate flaps (8, 8') between upstream and downstream portions (9, 10) of said sheet-form layer, wherein said cutting axis extends only parallel to said width (w) or at an and angle (α) therefrom such that no cuts are applied that extend parallel to the machine direction; advancing said sheet-form layer along a machine direction to a folding station; folding said intermediate flaps (8, 8') over the top or bottom surface (2, 3) of the sheet-form layer to form an intermediate portion comprising two or more voids (13, 13') oppositely disposed on each of the longitudinal sides (4, 5) and spaced apart by a distance along the width (w); optionally adhering the intermediate flaps (8, 8') to at least a portion of said top or bottom surface (2, 3); optionally severing the sheet-form layer along the width (w) between each two consecutive voids (13, 13') positioned along the same first or second longitudinal side (4, 5) to form individual anatomical absorbent cores, and wherein the absorbent core is free of fluff or distinct cellulosic fibers, and wherein each cut applied on the first longitudinal side has a first cut length and each cut applied on the second longitudinal side has a second cut length and wherein the following formula is satisfied: l 1 + l 2 ≥ d 2 providing a continuous sheet-form layer of absorbent material comprising a nonwoven carrier having natural and/or synthetic fibers and superabsorbent polymer particles immobilized therein and/or thereon, said sheet-form layer comprising oppositely disposed top and bottom surfaces (2, 3), and first and second longitudinal sides (4, 5) and a width (w) extending between said sides (4, 5), and said sides (4, 5) extending substantially parallel to each other throughout the entire sheet-form layer length extending along a machine direction; advancing said sheet-form layer along the machine direction to a cutting station; applying at least two cuts to said sheet-form layer at each of the first and second longitudinal sides (4, 5) along a cutting axis, wherein the each of said cuts is spaced apart by a distance along a longitudinal axis running parallel to the machine direction and perpendicular to said width (w), said cuts forming intermediate flaps (8, 8') between upstream and downstream portions (9, 10) of said sheet-form layer, wherein said cutting axis extends only parallel to said width (w) or at an and angle (α) therefrom such that no cuts are applied that extend parallel to the machine direction; advancing said sheet-form layer along a machine direction to a folding station; folding said intermediate flaps (8, 8') over the top or bottom surface (2, 3) of the sheet-form layer to form an intermediate portion comprising two or more voids (13, 13') oppositely disposed on each of the longitudinal sides (4, 5) and spaced apart by a distance along the width (w); optionally adhering the intermediate flaps (8, 8') to at least a portion of said top or bottom surface (2, 3); optionally severing the sheet-form layer along the width (w) between each two consecutive voids (13, 13') positioned along the same first or second longitudinal side (4, 5) to form individual anatomical absorbent cores, and wherein the absorbent core is free of fluff or distinct cellulosic fibers, and wherein each cut applied on the first longitudinal side has a first cut length and each cut applied on the second longitudinal side has a second cut length and wherein the following formula is satisfied: l 1 + l 2 ≥ d 2