The invention discloses a preparation method and application of a product obtained by coupling melamine with carrier protein, as well as a melamine antibody. The product obtained by coupling the carrier protein with the melamine is used as artificial antigen and applied to an immunological method for melamine detection. The preparation method comprises the following steps of immunizing animals with the coupled product so as to prepare an antibody used for melamine detection, fusing BALB/C mouse spleen cells immunized with the coupled product and SP2/0 mouse myeloma cells, obtaining hybridoma capable of stably transferring culture and secreting anti-melamine specific monoclonal antibodies by screening positive hybridoma and cloning cells, and preparing an ascites monoclonal antibody. The prepared monoclonal antibody is utilized to establish a direct competitive ELISA method having high specificity, sensitivity and accuracy to the melamine, as well as an immune colloidal gold test strip. The preparation method for the product obtained by coupling melamine with carrier protein, as well as the melamine antibody provides service for the rapid detection of melamine-type residue in foods.