Method and apparatus for processing leafy vegetables

摘要

In a processing line for processing a leafy vegetable, particularly lettuce, the leafy vegetable is cut into preselected sized pieces which includes high density cores, hearts, ribs, and veins, and low density desirable cut leaf. A gravity/air separation device is provided to separate the high density undesirable parts of the leafy vegetable from the low density desirable leafy vegetable material.