Abstract: Baking,boiling and microwaving heating techniques as the main heating methods in the food industry and home cooking are gaining more and more attention. Furthermore,animal-derived foods have become a necessity for people's daily diets because of their rich nutrition and high food value. Therefore,the principles and characteristics of these heating techniques,as well as their applications in the drying,sterilization and cooking of animal-derived foods were reviewed in this paper,also the influences caused by these techniques on the nutritional components,edible qualities and safety of animal-derived foods were emphatically elaborated,aiming to provide new ideas for the further development and utilizations of heating techniques in the food industry and home cooking.