Abstract: An installation for the preparation of frozen vegetables, comprising from upstream in the downstream direction a device (10) for washing the fresh vegetables and a device (14) for the spin-drying of the washed vegetables; the freezing device (16) of the rapid individual type; at least one device (22) suitable for exerting on the frozen vegetables sufficient mechanical stresses to allow them to be broken into a plurality of fractions; at least one device (23) for sorting the frozen uniform fractions; a device (30) for packaging at least one of the frozen fractions; means for disposing of the fraction or fractions coming from the sorting device and intended not to be used; this installation being specially designed for the preparation of aromatic herbs or plants.

Abstract: The process for treating deep-frozen vegetable foodstuffs, comprising the following steps in succession:preparation and deep-freezing of the vegetable matter;coating of the pieces of vegetable matter with a coating composition without water which is essentially composed of one or more vegetable fatty substance(s),chilling of the pieces of vegetable matter which have thus been coated to bring the coating composition into a solid and sufficiently hard state;packaging and storage of the pieces of vegetable matter which have thus been coated and deep-frozen.