Provided is an apparatus and a method for freezing the foods at a highquality without reducing the freezing process efficiency. The continuousfreezingapparatus 1 for foods freezes foods F as articles to be frozen that are fedcontinuouslyfrom the feed portion 2a while conveying them toward the discharge portion 2b,andincludes a mesh-like first conveyor 4 having one end thereof located on thefeedportion 2a and conveying the foods F in a first direction from the one end tothe otherend, a second conveyor 5 extending directly beneath the first conveyor 4 alongthereof and conveying the foods fallen from the other end of the firstconveyor 4 in asecond direction opposite to the first direction, a coolant tank 8 disposeddirectlybeneath the second conveyor 5 and storing coolant S that freezes the foods Ffallenfrom the second conveyor 5, a third conveyor 6 having at least one portionthereofsubmerged in the coolant S in the coolant tank 8 and conveying the foods Ffallenfrom the second conveyor 5 while immersing them in the coolant S in thecoolanttank 8, and a coolant spraying means 9 disposed directly above the firstconveyor 4and spraying the coolant toward the first conveyor 4.
