| Foreword | International Symposium on Non-digestible Carbohydrate: Preface | Shuichi Kimura | Graduate School of Human Life Science, Showa Womenfs University |  |
| Feature Articles: International Symposium on Non-digestible Carbohydrate (1) | Dietary Fiber and Lipid Metabolism: With Special Emphasis on Dietary Fibers in Foods for Specified Health Uses in Japan | Ikuo Ikeda | Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University |  |
| Michihiro Sugano | Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University and Prefectural University of Kumamoto |
| Effect of Luminal and Baso-Lateral Short-Chain Fatty Acids on Crypt Cell Proliferation and Apoptosis of Colonic Mucosa | Akiko Inagaki | Biomedical Engineering Research Organization, Tohoku University |  |
| Takashi Sakata | Department of Basic Sciences, Ishinomaki Senshu University |
| Dietary Fiber: A new Modulator for Distribution of Immune Cells around Intestinal Crypts | Satoshi Ishizuka | Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University |  |
| Gut Immune System as a Pivotal Site to Direct the Antigen-Specific Immune Response to either Allergy or Tolerance | Mamoru Totsuka | Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, The University of Tokyo |  |
| Simulation Techniques of Colonic Fermentation and Intestinal Epithelial Function for Studying Prebiotics | Nina Rautonen
Harri Maivuokko | Danisco Innovation, Enteromix Research, Sokeritehtaantie |  |
| Jussi Nurmi | Danisco Innovation, Enteromix Research, Sokeritehtaantie, Universoty of Turku |
| Julian Stowell | Danisco Sweetners, Redhill |
| Insoluble Dietary Fibers: The Major Modulator for the Viscosity and Flow Behavior of Digesta | Toru Takahashi | Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University |  |
| Takashi Sakata | Department of Basic Sciences, Ishinomaki Senshu University |
| Rheological Studies of Influence of Dietary Fibers on the Enzymatic Reaction for Soy Protein Isolate | Miki Yoshimura | School of Human Sciences and Environment, University of Hyogo |  |
| Katsuyoshi Nishinari | Graduate School of Human Life Science, Osaka City University |
| ArtTaste | Reconsideration of "Japanese Food Style" | Kuniko Hujita | Center for Regional Collaboration in Research and Education, Iwate University |  |