PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fermentation apparatus which can simply and easily produce fermented food, in which a nutritive value is improved, or the fermented food which is different in flavor or eating texture.SOLUTION: A fermentation apparatus 100, which controls the temperature of a container 3 to ferment a food material housed in the container 3, includes: an agitation part 22 which agitates the food material housed in the container 3 a memory part which memorizes the agitation mode of the agitation part and a control part which controls the operation of the agitation part so as to be the agitation mode memorized in the memory part.
