Infrared heating technology has been widely used in the food industry, which has a very important significance for food sterilization, improve quality and improve the health of food. Meanwhile introduces the working principle of infrared heating technology, the characteristic as well as the influence on the main components of food, and summarizes the application of infrared heating technology in food industry, with examples, of infrared heating technology in food sterilization and other areas of application and research progress of the analysis.