| Foreword | Polysaccharides in Food Processing and Cooking | Katsuyoshi Nishinari | Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University |  |
| Feature Articles: Structure and Physical Properties of Polysaccharides for the Food Industry | Quality Control of Gum Arabic | Saphwan Al-Assaf | North East Wales Institute of Higher Education | - |
| Tsuyoshi Katayama | San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc. |
| Glyn O. Phillips | Phillips Hydrocolloids Research Ltd. |
| Yasushi Sasaki | Phillips Hydrocolloids Research Ltd. and San-El Gen F.F.I., Inc. |
| Peter A. Williams | North East Wales Institute of Higher Education |
| Soybean Polysaccharide | Hitoshi Furuta | Specialty & Functional Food Ingredients Division, Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. |  |
| Hirokazu Maeda | Food Science Research Institute. Fuji Oil Co., Ltd. |
| Physicschemical Properties of Agar and its Utilization in Food and Related Industry | Yuji Uzuhashi | Ina Food Industry Co.. Ltd. |  |
| Katsuyoshi Nishinari | Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University |
| Carrageenans | Shinya Ikeda | Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University |  |
| Galactomannans | Rheo Takahashi | Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University |  |
| Shogo Naganawa | Jam Research Department, Aohata Corporation |
| Katsuyoshi Nishinari | Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University |
| Rheological Properties of Konjac Glucomannan | Huang Long | Danisco (China) Co., Ltd. |  |
| Miki Yoshimura | School of Humanities for Environmental Policy and Technology, Himeji Institute of Technology |
| Cellulose and its Derivatives | Rheo Takahashi | Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University |  |
| Yusuke Hiraiwa | Product Development Department, Kikkoman Corporation |
| Katsuyoshi Nishinari | Graduate School of Human Life Science. Osaka City University |
| Mastication and Swallowing Measurement While Eating Gel and Sol Samples | Fumiko Nakazawa | Faculty of Home Economics, Kyoritsu Women's University |  |
| Akiko Morita | Faculty of Home Economics, Kyoritsu Women's University |
| Mastication of Polysaccharide Foods Measured with Electromyography of Masticatory Muscles | Kaoru Kohyama | National Food Research Institute |  |
| Report | Report of the 9th Conference of the Japanese Society of Food Chemistry | Yoshio Ito | Secretary-General of Japanese Society of Food Chemistry(Technical Adviser, Japan Food Research Laboratories) |  |
| ArtTaste | History of the "Yakushoku-dogen" Concept II | Tsuneo Namba | Professor Emeritus of Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University |  |