What is discloses is a
handling system (100), gripper device and a gripper (110) for a for forming and handling slugs of flat baked products (102) such as biscuits and cookies, said gripper being arranged for a mechanical type gripper as end-
effector and being arranged to load a group of staggered products, form a
slug from said group, and unload said
slug into said outfeed transport device, said gripper comprising: - a longitudinal
retainer comprising elongated wall elements (112) extending along a longitudinal direction (L) of said gripper and configured for an open position for loading said group of staggered products, and a closed position for unloading said
slug into a tray transported by a transport device, wherein said wall elements can be displaced as a jaw type gripper, moving in transverse direction, away from each other into said open position and towards each other into said closed position; - a holding element (115), disposed at a first longitudinal end of said
retainer, and configured for an open position for loading said group of staggered products, and a closed position for scooping under the first product of the group; - a pushing element (113), disposed at a second, longitudinal end of said
retainer, opposite of said first end, and configured for displacement of said pushing element in longitudinal direction into said retainer for compacting said group of staggered products into a slug.