The present invention relates to a lollipop production and down-stream processing apparatus with a forming unit and a down-stream processing unit and a transfer wheel in between the units which rotates around a first axis and which comprises a multitude of grippers which releasably hold the stick of the lollipop and which rotate relative to the transfer wheel around a second axis of rotation parallel to the first axis of rotation. The present invention further relates to a method to transfer a lollipop from a forming unit to a down-stream processing unit by means of a transfer wheel which rotates around an axis of rotation and which comprises a multitude of grippers, each gripping the stick of a lollipop and taking it out of the holding means of the forming unit and handing it over to the holding means of a down-stream processing unit.
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