An apparatus for arranging a plurality of elongate foodstuff products and/or elongate processed foodstuff products from a substantially random orientation to a substantially parallel orientation, said apparatus comprising: a supply system for supplying said plurality of elongate products in a random orientation, a chute defining an open inlet portion and an open outlet portion, said supply system being adapted for supplying said plurality of elongate products to said open inlet portion of said chute, said chute having a wall adapted to aligning said plurality of elongate products without, to any substantial extent, subjecting said elongate products to any mechanical impact that would cause said products to be deformed, damaged or broken by orienting said products by means of said wall so that the longitudinal axis of said plurality of elongate products are substantially parallel at said open outlet portion of said chute, a first path of travel defined from said open inlet portion to said open outlet portion, said first path of travel being at least partly defined by said wall of said chute for allowing said elongate products to travel along said first path of travel, and a conveyor for conveying a multitude of containers each adapted to receive from said open outlet portion a batch of said elongate products arranged in said substantially parallel orientation, characterized in that said chute comprises: a cylindrical outlet section adapted to the container opening and having a mainly vertical orientation, a lower chute section comprising a first sloping surface having a slope towards the outlet section and a mainly vertical wall section positioned opposite said first sloping surface, said first sloping surface and said vertical wall each extending around approximately 180° of the outlet section and said first sloping surface being limited sideways by mainly vertical, parallel side walls, the mutual distance between said side walls being approximately identical to the dimension of the outlet section in this direction, an upper chute section comprising a second sloping surface having a slope towards one side of the lower chute section and ending at one of said mainly vertical side walls of the lower chute section, a continuation of the opposite mainly vertical side wall of the lower chute section providing a mainly vertical wall opposite said second sloping surface, said second sloping surface having mainly vertical parallel side walls (34, 36), the mutual distance between said side walls (34, 36) of said second sloping surface being approximately identical to the length of the first sloping surface plus the dimension of the outlet section in this direction. a supply system for supplying said plurality of elongate products in a random orientation, a chute defining an open inlet portion and an open outlet portion, said supply system being adapted for supplying said plurality of elongate products to said open inlet portion of said chute, said chute having a wall adapted to aligning said plurality of elongate products without, to any substantial extent, subjecting said elongate products to any mechanical impact that would cause said products to be deformed, damaged or broken by orienting said products by means of said wall so that the longitudinal axis of said plurality of elongate products are substantially parallel at said open outlet portion of said chute, a first path of travel defined from said open inlet portion to said open outlet portion, said first path of travel being at least partly defined by said wall of said chute for allowing said elongate products to travel along said first path of travel, and a conveyor for conveying a multitude of containers each adapted to receive from said open outlet portion a batch of said elongate products arranged in said substantially parallel orientation, a cylindrical outlet section adapted to the container opening and having a mainly vertical orientation, a lower chute section comprising a first sloping surface having a slope towards the outlet section and a mainly vertical wall section positioned opposite said first sloping surface, said first sloping surface and said vertical wall each extending around approximately 180° of the outlet section and said first sloping surface being limited sideways by mainly vertical, parallel side walls, the mutual distance between said side walls being approximately identical to the dimension of the outlet section in this direction, an upper chute section comprising a second sloping surface having a slope towards one side of the lower chute section and ending at one of said mainly vertical side walls of the lower chute section, a continuation of the opposite mainly vertical side wall of the lower chute section providing a mainly vertical wall opposite said second sloping surface, said second sloping surface having mainly vertical parallel side walls (34, 36), the mutual distance between said side walls (34, 36) of said second sloping surface being approximately identical to the length of the first sloping surface plus the dimension of the outlet section in this direction.