PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a leaf vegetable cleaning method capable of removing a foreign matter from the vegetable by a small-sized apparatus without damaging texture.SOLUTION: A cleaning method of a leaf vegetable V includes steps of: conveying the leaf vegetable placed on a conveyor 10 and spraying cleaning liquid L from a spray part 40 arranged over the conveyor toward a cleaning treatment surface 12 on the conveyor. In the step for spraying the cleaning liquid, the cleaning liquid is sprayed toward a spray region 45 having a circular or polygonal surface shape on the cleaning treatment surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】食感を損なうことなく小型の装置で野菜から異物を除去できる葉物野菜洗浄方法を提供する。【解決手段】葉物野菜Vの洗浄方法であって、コンベア10に載置した葉物野菜を搬送する工程と、コンベアの上方に配置した噴霧部40からコンベアにおける洗浄処理面12に向けて洗浄液Lを噴霧する工程と、を含み、洗浄液を噴霧する工程では、洗浄処理面における噴霧領域45が円形状または多角形状の面形状で洗浄液を噴霧する。【選択図】図1
