an apparatus for the manufacture of perforated pita bread is disclosed . the apparatus includes a cylindrical roller having disposed on the surface thereof substantially circular blades with a sawtooth blade disposed along the diameter of each circular blade . the blades cut from a flattened sheet of pita dough traveling along the conveyor belt a plurality of perforated pita loaves having perforations therein for convenient tearing , which perforated pita loaves do not rupture during the baking process .