PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fruit and vegetables powder production method that can efficiently produce the powder in a short period of time while preventing the burning or stickiness even for vegetables and fruits containing a lot of sugar.SOLUTION: Provided is: a fruit and vegetables powder production method comprising a cutting step S4 for cutting a fruit and vegetables into a dice-shaped fruit and vegetables, a drying step S5 for drying the cut dice-shaped fruit and vegetables, a sterilization step S6 for sterilizing the dried dice-shaped fruit and vegetables, and a comminution step S7 for comminuting the sterilized dice-shaped fruit and vegetables into a fruit and vegetables powder, and in which the dice-shaped fruit and vegetables prepared in the cutting step S4 is a dice-shaped fruit and vegetables mainly containing substantially 5 mm square dice-shaped products and a fruit and vegetables powder production method in which the sterilization step S6 is a sterilization process in which superheated steam is used, and the dice-shaped fruit and vegetables contains the dice-shaped products having a side of 4 to 6 mm at least by 50% or more, and is a fruit and vegetables containing the carbohydrate by 3% or more.COPYRIGHT: (C)2016,JPO&INPIT【課題】糖分を多く含む野菜や果物であっても焦付きやべたつきを防ぎつつ、短時間で効率的に粉末を製造が可能な青果物粉末の製造方法の提供。【解決手段】青果物を切断してダイス状青果物とする切断工程S4と、切断したダイス状青果物を乾燥する乾燥工程S5と、乾燥したダイス状青果物を殺菌する殺菌工程S6と、殺菌したダイス状青果物を粉砕して青果物粉末とする粉砕工程S7とを有する青果物粉末の製造方法であって、切断工程S4で調製されるダイス状青果物が、実質的に5mm角のダイス状物を主として含むダイス状青果物である青果物粉末の製造方法。殺菌工程S6が過熱水蒸気を用いる殺菌処理であり、ダイス状青果物が1辺が4~6mmのダイス状物を少なくとも50%以上含み、糖質を3%以上含む青果物である、青果物粉末の製造方法。【選択図】図1
