An apparatus for portioning flowable material, the apparatus comprising: - a mold having a first mold cavity and a second mold cavity for portioning flowable material, - a first removal means for removing portioned flowable material from the first mold cavity and a second removal means for removing portioned flowable material from the second mold cavity; - means for reciprocatively positioning the mold at one of a first fill position and a second fill position along a path, wherein if the mold is in the first fill position, the first mold cavity is disposed at a fill location for receiving flowable material and the second mold cavity is disposed below said second removal means, and if the mold is in the second fill position, the second mold cavity is at the fill location for receiving flowable material and said first mold cavity is below said first removal means, characterized in that said apparatus further comprises: - a hopper means for receiving flowable material, - urging means (12,20) for urging the flowable material received in the hopper means downwardly toward a fill slot (32;38) of a fill plate, said fill plate being located above said mold; and said fill slot (32;38) of the fill plate being located above said fill location so that the flowable material is received within the mold cavity (42F,42B) which is at said fill location, - a plate disposed at a first surface of the mold, having a first plurality of breathe slots and a second plurality of breathe slots; an air chamber communicating with the first mold cavity in the first fill position through the first plurality of breathe slots and communicating with the second mold cavity in the second fill position through the second plurality of breathe slots; and means (66F,66B) for releasing air out of the air chamber, wherein said plate is disposed below the mold, said apparatus further comprising means (68F,68B,69F,69B) for removing particles of the flowable material collected in the air chamber, and wherein the means for urging the flowable material comprises: a rotor housing communicating with said hopper means; a rotor disposed within the rotor housing, having a rotation axis; and a plurality of vanes (28a-28f) disposed outwardly from the rotation axis at the rotor; means (24L,24R,29L,29R) for moving a vane of the plurality of vanes between an extended position wherein the vane projects beyond an outer surface of the rotor and a retracted position wherein the vane is retracted into the rotor, wherein the vane (28a-28f) is in the extended position when the vane is substantially moving toward the fill slot (32;38) to urge the flowable material toward the fill slot and is in the retracted position when the vane (28a-28f) is substantially moving away from the fill slot (32;38). - a mold having a first mold cavity and a second mold cavity for portioning flowable material, - a first removal means for removing portioned flowable material from the first mold cavity and a second removal means for removing portioned flowable material from the second mold cavity; - means for reciprocatively positioning the mold at one of a first fill position and a second fill position along a path, - a hopper means for receiving flowable material, - urging means (12,20) for urging the flowable material received in the hopper means downwardly toward a fill slot (32;38) of a fill plate, said fill plate being located above said mold; and said fill slot (32;38) of the fill plate being located above said fill location so that the flowable material is received within the mold cavity (42F,42B) which is at said fill location, - a plate disposed at a first surface of the mold, having a first plurality of breathe slots and a second plurality of breathe slots; an air chamber communicating with the first mold cavity in the first fill position through the first plurality of breathe slots and communicating with the second mold cavity in the second fill position through the second plurality of breathe slots; and means (66F,66B) for releasing air out of the air chamber, a rotor housing communicating with said hopper means; a rotor disposed within the rotor housing, having a rotation axis; and a plurality of vanes (28a-28f) disposed outwardly from the rotation axis at the rotor; means (24L,24R,29L,29R) for moving a vane of the plurality of vanes between an extended position wherein the vane projects beyond an outer surface of the rotor and a retracted position wherein the vane is retracted into the rotor, wherein the vane (28a-28f) is in the extended position when the vane is substantially moving toward the fill slot (32;38) to urge the flowable material toward the fill slot and is in the retracted position when the vane (28a-28f) is substantially moving away from the fill slot (32;38).