The invention relates to a method for producing food chips, in which method the food is finely chopped by machine and processed to produce a sausage meat (1), the sausage meat is filled into a baking mould (2), the baking mould comprising the sausage meat is cooked and/or baked in a cooking or baking oven at a temperature of 150°C to 250°C for 20 to 40 minutes (3), the baking mould comprising the sausage meat is cooled at a temperature of -5 °C to +5 °C for 20 to 40 minutes (4), the sausage meat is removed from the baking mould and cut into strips or chips (5), and the strips or chips are dried in an oven at a temperature of 80 to 160 °C for a cycle time of 5 to 15 minutes (6).