| Foreword | Utilization of Optical Oxygen Sensor | Ichiro Okura | Department of Bioengineering Tokyo Institute of Technology |  |
| Reviews | Development of Novel Assay Methods for Superoxide Anion-Scavenging Activity and Its Application to Food Samples | Hiroyuki Ukeda | Department of Bioresources Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kochi University |  |
| Hironori Moriyama | Kochi Prefectural Industrial Technology Center |
| Characteristic of Quinoa as Foodstuffs | Katsumi Watanabe | Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University |  |
| Nutritional and Physiological Mechanisms Involved in Specific Taste Preference in Rats | Michio Komai | Laboratory of Nutrition, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University |  |
| Flavor Characteristics of Spray-Dried Skim Milk Powder | Hideki Shiratsuchi | Division of Food and Health Environment, Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Sciences, Prefectural University of Kumamoto |  |
| Promotive Effects of Nondigestible Saccharides on Calcium Absorption | Hiroshi Hara | Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University |  |
| Structures and Properties of Antioxidative Peptides Derived from Food Protein Digests | Koji Muramoto | Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University |  |
| Eiko Hatakeyama | Kansei Fukushi Research Center, Tohoku Fukushi University |
| i Protegemos las Plantas Utiles de Paises Andinos Centrales ! (duodecimo) | Socrates Shiota | Instituto de Agri-Cultura Andina y Amazonica |  |
| ArtTaste | Culture of Eating Milk (I) | Kohmei Wani | Graduate School of Toa University |  |