Antarctic krill (Euphausia Superba) has a high nutritional value; however, due to its autolysis characteristics and easy deterioration characteristics after heating, which leads to di culties in processing, canned Antarctic krill is one of the few products that exist. However, canned Antarctic krill have a rough taste, high hardness, and poor palatability. Therefore, there is a need to improve its quality.In recent years, the good performance of basic amino acids as a Phosphate-free additives in improving the product quality of foods has indicated their broad application prospect. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of basic amino acid (L-arginine (Arg), L-lysine (Lys), and L-histidine (His)) pretreatment on enhancing the quality of canned Antarctic krill. Low-eld nuclear magnetic resonance, magnetic resonance imaging, and textural pro le analyses, color, scanning electron microscopy, thiobarbituric acid reaction substances (TBARS), pH, and sensory evaluation were used to determine the indices of krill meat at different pretreatment conditions and processing stages. The results showed that compared to the sodium tripolyphosphate pretreatment group, krill meat pretreated with Lys had a larger peak area of immobile water, higher pseudo-color image brightness after sterilization of krill meat, a more complete microstructure network. Additionally, it had the best water-holding capacity, lower hardness and TBARS values, and signi cantly higher a* values, indicating that Lys effectively improved the texture and color of krill, protecting the microstructure, and reducing the degree of oxidation. Sensory evaluation results showed that the Lys-treated canned Antarctic krill had a better avor and texture compared to other canned products. The results of this study suggest that Lys can provide a regulatory strategy for effectively enhancing the quality of canned Antarctic krill. common method of food preservation as it can be stored at room temperature for a long time, is easy to carry, transport, and store, saves the cooking process time, overcomes the seasonal and regional restrictions on the supply of food varieties, and is popular with consumers (Draszanowska et al. 2019).To improve the safety of canned food, the microorganisms in canned food need to be destroyed, which also extend the shelf life of the food. The best method is heat sterilization, but this process can lead to food browning (color changes), damage the avor, and reduce nutritional value (Muñoz et al. 2022).Canned Antarctic krill is one of the products exported to earn foreign exchange; however, its processing causes severe moisture loss, resulting in a tough texture, rough taste, and poor product quality. The main reason is that during the storage of raw Antarctic krill, the autolysis enzymes degrade the myo brillar protein, whereas it forms corrugated folded structures during thermal processing (Sun et al. 2022). Consequently, improving the taste, avor, and nutritional value of canned Antarctic krill is a practical issue that needs to be...