Food derived bioactive peptides are a series of specific functional hydrolysates of food proteins with relatively small molecular weight, containing deferent number of amino acid residues. And food-derived immunoactive peptides are those bioactive ones that play important roles on antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and immunoregulation. Thus it is significant to investigate them because of their wide distribution and high bioactivities. The recent research status and the immune functions of immunopeptides are summarized. Moreover, some methods of producing immunoactive peptides were also introduced. Finally it is prospected that the research tendency of the immunoregulatory mechanism of immune peptides and their advanced utilization.