The invention discloses a low-consumption storage method for waxy corn eaten fresh. The method comprises the following steps: harvesting waxy corn with bracts in a milk-ripe stage of the waxy corn and removing the bracts and filaments; soaking fresh ears of waxy corn meeting storage requirements in a chlorine dioxide solution for sterilization pretreatment and carrying out coating with a fresh-keeping solution prepared from chitosan oligosaccharide and pullulan; and carrying pre-cooling, filling a modified-atmosphere fresh-keeping bag with the waxy corn and carrying out low-temperature storage. With the low-consumption storage method, the waxy corn eaten fresh has shelf life of 60 d or above; the eating quality of the waxy corn is normally unchanged compared with the eating quality of the freshly-harvested waxy corn; the situation of stocking of mould does not occur; and the shelf life is substantially increased. Compared with traditional quick-freezing and vacuum packaging processes, the method provided by the invention has the advantages of greatly reduction in consumption of water and electricity and conservation of production cost.