Originally posted by: jagec
toothpaste in the tubes: The end of the tube is open, they squirt it in, then they clamp down on the end and melt it together.
TP: probably just a continuous paper process wound onto a big cardboard tube, which is then sectioned off to make the individual rolls.
cheese: put a bunch of slices next to each other on a big sheet of plastic, which gets cut, folded, and the edges melted together
sausage: you take the intestines of an animal, wash the crap out of them, then fill them with meat. Then, you twist and tie to make the individual links
sour cream: acids are sour
ships in bottle: they usually get put in with the masts down, then a small thread is pulled to raise the mast