Abstract:Sausage，a traditional meat products with rich nutrition and unique flavor，is favored by the consumers.But the traditional sausage is rich in fat，cholesterol and nitrite；which associated with tumors，hypertension，hyperlipidemia and other chronic diseases.With the consumer's growing attention to healthy diet，exploiting nutrient-rich sausage rich with health care function as well as disease-prevention properties has attracted widespread attention.The aim of this review is to introduce the main researches in functional sausages，to point out current limitations and possible solutions in functional sausages development.