To change the direction of fruits and vegetables without changing the number and layout of conveying means by imparting rotation to the peripheral surface of the fruits and vegetables placed on a conveying means, in a direction changing direction, above the conveying means for conveying the fruits and vegetables.

Fruits and vegetables A placed between rotors 25... of a sorting conveyor 4 are direction-changed by a longitudinal rotating machine 56 and a horizontal rotating machine 57 of a fruits and vegetables rotating device. The nearly whole peripheral surface of the fruits and vegetables A can therefore be inspected, and inspection work and sorting work by grades of the fruits and vegetables A can be performed accurately so as to improve judging accuracy and sorting accuracy. The fruits and vegetables rotating device can therefore be used as a device for changing the direction of the fruits and vegetables conveyed by a roller conveyor, a belt conveyor, or the like, or used for a fruits and vegetables sorting device for sorting the fruits and vegetables A by grades. The device can be installed easily without changing the number of layout of sorting conveyors 4.