Abstract:With the increasing number of people with food allergies globally, food allergies have become an important food safety problem that not only endangers human health but also affects the food processing industry. At present, about 2.5% of the world's population suffers from food allergies, and this number is still on the rise. However, there is no effective method to cure food allergies in clinical practice. Therefore, it is urgent to study the measures to reduce food allergies through prevention . Currently, there are two main approaches to mitigating food allergies. One is to reduce the allergenicity of food allergens through food processing technologies, and the other is to control food allergy through immune regulation using natural anti-allergic active ingredients. However, given that current food processing technology cannot completely eliminate the allergenicity, the use of natural anti-allergic ingredients remains a feasible strategy. Previous studies have found that there are numerous active ingredients with significant anti-allergic effects in the ocean, though their mechanisms remain unclear. This paper reviewes natural active anti-allergic ingredients from marine sources such as plants, animals and microorganisms, including polyphenols, polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, phycocyanin, peptides and microorganisms, analyzes their effects and mechanisms against food allergies, and discusses current research progress, challenges and prospects, to provide a basis for food allergy prevention and control.