A refrigeration device, a refrigerator, and a control method therefor, a food processing method and a control device. The refrigeration device includes a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device and an evaporator, and the compressor, the condenser, the throttling device and the evaporator are sequentially connected to form a refrigerant circulation loop; a connecting pipeline between an exhaust port of the compressor and a refrigerant inlet of the throttling device in the refrigerant circulation loop is a first connecting pipeline; and the condenser is arranged on the first connecting pipeline. The refrigeration device further includes an auxiliary heat exchange branch, and the auxiliary heat exchange branch includes a condensing heater for heating a heating region, and is arranged on the first connecting pipeline in parallel; and a first valve device is further arranged on the auxiliary heat exchange branch.