Abstract: As a common bulking agent and stabilizer for residents, aluminum-containing food additives have a comprehensive application scenario. However, it is noteworthy that the abuse of aluminum-containing food additives may cause a potential health risk to the public. Taking aluminum-containing food additives as the research object, the paper systematically discusses the basic characteristics of aluminum-containing food additives, detection technology of aluminum-containing food additives, and monitoring of food aluminum content, and summarizes the current problems for each part.