| Foreword | From Scientific Discovery to Routine Work: High-Pressure Processed Food | Rikimaru Hayashi | Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Bioresource Science, Nihon University |  |
| Feature Articles: Characterization of Food Hydrocolloids | Rheology and DSC of Hydrocolloids | Katsuyoshi Nishinari | - Department of Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University
- Phillips Hydrocolloids Research Centre/North East Wales Institute, UK
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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| Light Scattering of Hydrocolloid Solutions | Kenji Kubota a)
Rheo Takahashi b) | a) Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University
b) Graduate School of Engineering, Gunma University |  |
| NMR Investigations of Hydrocolloids | Makoto Takemasa | Applied Biophysical Chemistry Lab., Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University |  |
| Atomic Force Microscopy of Hydrocolloids | Takahiro Funami | San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc. |  |
| Reviews | Introduction of Hindgut Club Japan | Kazunari Ushida | Hindgut Club Japan/Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto Prefectural University |  |
| Comparative Anatomy of Rat Large Intestine | Takashi Sakata | Faculty of Science and Engineering, Ishinomaki Senshu University |  |
| Measurements of Digesta Transit and Retention Time in the Gut | Ei Sakaguchi | Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University |  |
| Measurement of Gastrointestinal Motility with Strain Gauge Force Transducers | Yuji Ohashi | Laboratory of Food Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Technology, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University |  |
| ArtTaste | Search for Wild Buckwheat Species and the Discovery of New Species | Ohmi Ohnishi | Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University |  |