Cross-cutting a moving direction of transport food strip

Cross-cutting roller 1 for cross-cutting a moving in a transport direction of the flat product, in particular a viscous food product, such as process cheese 14, wherein a transverse cutting knife 3 is held on a support shaft 2, which bridges the product to be cut transversely to the transport direction, wherein the cross cutting blade is a band-shaped blade, wherein a plurality of axially spaced knife carrier 4 are detachably mounted on the support shaft 2, each blade support includes at least one support element 7, which extends radially in the assembled knife carrier 4 relative to the rotation axis A of the support shaft 2 to the outside, wherein a knife mounting portion 5 is provided at the outer end of each supporting element 7 on which the band-shaped blade spaced radially is removably attached to the support shaft. 2