The role of R&D department of catering enterprises in the company is independence, promotion, development and creation. Food and beverage R&D generally designs an independent research department for food and beverage companies, or it can appear as an independent company. R&D is of great significance. It needs to conduct long-term research on the market, summarize and classify the popular products in the market, and investigate the preferences and proportion of consumer groups. Then through the research results, the market is positioned and new catering products are invented.