The invention discloses a method for efficiently measuring the content of Cu, Fe, Mn and Ca in cereal food. The method comprises the following steps: digesting a sample, drawing a
standard curve, measuring the sample, weighing 2.000 g of the sample, adding 20 mL of a
nitric acid and
perchloric acid mixing solution to perform
wet digestion, wherein the volume ratio of
nitric acid and
perchloric acid is 4:1; under the best working condition selected for an instrument, measuring the
absorbance of a standard series of solutions, taking the concentrations of elements as an x-coordinate, wherein the
absorbance is a y-coordinate, and drawing a
standard curve; keeping a favorable
linear relation between the
mass concentrations of Cu, Fe, Mn and Ca and the
absorbance, wherein the
mass concentration ranges of Cu, Fe, Mn and Ca are respectively 0.2-2.0 mg / L, 0.5-6.0 mg / L, 0.5-4.0 mg / L, and 2.0-10.0 mg / L, the correlation coefficients r of Cu, Fe, Mn and Ca are 0.9990, 0.9980, 0.9985 and 0.9999. The method has the advantages of being capable of continuously measuring the content of Cu, Fe, Mn and Ca, accurate, fast, stable, simple and convenient.