| Foreword | Considerations on rDNA-Technology and Foods | Akihiro Hino | National Food Research Institute |  |
| Feature Articles : Present Status of Studies on Functional Oligosaccharide | Present Status of Studies on Functional Oligosaccharides in Japan | Sumio Kitahata | Former Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University |  |
| Digestion, Fermentation, and Absorption of Digestible and Non-Digestible Carbohydrates | Tsuneyuki Oku
Sadako Nakamura | Graduate School of Human Health Science, Siebold University of Nagasaki |  |
Development and Application of a Novel Oligosaccharide
"Phosphoryl Oligosaccharides of Calcium (POs-Ca)" | Kenji To-o
Hiroshi Kamasaka
Takahjsa Nishimura
Takashi Kuriki | Biochemical Research Laboratory, Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd. |  |
| Production, Novel Functional Properties and Applications of Nigerooligosaccharides | Takeshi Yamamoto
Yoshinori Fujimoto
Teruo Nakakuki | Research Institute, Nihon Shokuhin Kako Co., Ltd. |  |
| Function of Cyclic Nigerosyl-(1¨6)-Nigerose Synthesized by using a Novel Enzymatic System | Kazuyuki Oku
Hikaru Watanabe | Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories, Inc. |  |
Production of a-Linked Galactooligosaccharide (a-GOS)and Its Functions
- Development of a-GOS as a New Functional Oligosaccharide - | Hiroyuki Hashimoto
Akiko Yamashita | Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University |  |
| Ayaka Tomita | Graduate School of Agriculture, Shinshu University |
| Koki Fujita | Ensuiko Sugar Refining Co., Ltd. |
| Lactobionic Acid and Its Biocatalytic Production | Hirofumi Nakano
Takaaki Kiryu
Taro Kiso
Hiromi Murakami | Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute |  |
| ArtTaste | Culture and Science of Acorn - Culture and Science of Mook - | Toshio Mitsunaga | Professor Emeritus of Kinki University |  |