Abstract:In recent years，consumers have become increasingly concerned about food quality and safety，and metabolomics serves as a powerful tool in the research on animal-derived food for ensuring food safety and protecting consumers. Metabolomics as a cutting-edge technology that can help to solve the problem of food counterfeiting，was widely used in the analysis of food ingredients and quality. It demonstrated high throughput，high sensitivity，and diversity analysis in food analysis，overcoming the limitations of conventional methods.The application of metabolomics in the fields of food quality and safety，including sensory characterization，analysis of material changes in food processing and storage，identification of food counterfeiting，detection of exotic harmful substances，food traceability，and freshness assessment was summarized，with a view to provide reference for the application of metabolomics in the development and research of food products.