PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for preparing processed vegetable foodstuffs with an excellent feel on the tongue in a short period of time.SOLUTION: The method for preparing processed vegetable foodstuffs includes a step of finely cutting vegetables by physical processing in the presence of enzymes, in which the enzymes are a plant tissue separating enzyme containing substance and a plant tissue degrading enzyme containing substance, and the vegetables are physically processed under a reduced pressure atmosphere of 100 Torr or less, in which the average particle diameter of the processed vegetable foodstuffs is 30 &mum or less, and in which the physical processing is fine cutting with a high-speed cutter mixer.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】短時間のうちに舌触り感に優れた野菜類加工食材を製造できる方法を提供する。【解決手段】酵素の存在下で野菜類を物理的処理して微細化する工程、を包含する野菜類加工食材の製造方法である。酵素は植物組織分離酵素含有物および植物組織分解酵素含有物であり、100Torr以下の減圧雰囲気下で野菜類を物理的処理する。野菜類加工食材の平均粒子径は30μm以下である。前記物理的処理が、高速カッターミキサーによる細断である。【選択図】なし