To provide a method for mixing food refuse with a fermentation auxiliary for producing a food refuse ensilage, measuring the fermentation auxiliary and the food refuse and then approximately fully automatically mixing both the components in a mixing chamber by a specific method.

This method for mixing food refuse with a fermentation auxiliary for producing a food refuse ensilage comprises measuring the weight of the fermentation auxiliary charged into the first transfer device 30 together with air, transferring the weighed fermentation auxiliary into a mixing chamber 70, weighing the weight of the food refuse transferred into the second transfer device 50 together with air, transferring the weighed food refuse into the mixing chamber 70 at the same time as the transfer of the fermentation auxiliary into the mixing chamber 70, and mixing the fermentation auxiliary with the food refuse.