| Foreword | Structure and Properties of Food Hydrocolloids - Gels, Emulsions and Foams | Katsuyoshi Nishinari | Department of Food and Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Human Life, Osaka City University |  |
| Feature Articles: Structure and Properties of Food Hydrocolloids - Gels, Emulsions and Foams | Studies on the Chemical Structure of a Plant Cell-Wall Polysaccharide, Xyloglucan | Yoji Kato
Seiko Ito | Laboratory of Food Science, Faculty of Education, Hirosaki University |  |
Application of Atomic Force Microscopy in the Food Science:
A New Development in the Study of Protein Gels | Tomohito Iwasaki a)
Katsuhiro Yamamoto a)
Kunio Nakamura b) | a) Department of Food Science, Faculty of Diary Science, Rakuno Gakuen University
b) Graduate School of Dairy Science, Rakuno Gakuen University |  |
| Shrinking Kinetics of Polymer Gels under Ultracentrifugal Forces | Toshikazu Takigawa
Kenji Urayama
Shoji Nosaka | Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University |  |
| Molecular Diffusion in Gels | Shingo Matsukawa | Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Marine Science, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology |  |
| Spinodal Decomposition of Agarose Gel | Takaharu Morita a)
Takayuki Narita b)
Masayuki Tokita c) | a) Kokura High School
b) Department of Chemistry and Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University
c) Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kyusyu University |  |
| Production of Monodisperse Emulsions by Microchannel Emulsification | Mitsutoshi Nakajima a)
Isao Kobayashi b) | a) Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
b) National Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |  |
| Foam Production and Stability in Food Systems | Masahiko Mizukoshi | Formerly of Kao Corporation |  |
| Effects of the Proteinaceous Moiety on the Emulsifying Properties of Sugar Beet Pectin | Makoto Nakauma
Takahiro Funami | San-Ei Gen F.F.I., Inc. |  |
| Review | The Function of Nisin | Toshio Sakurai | Danisco Japan Ltd. |  |
| ArtTaste | History of Luxury Grocery Items and Human Civilization
-From Spices to Tea, Coffee and Sugar | Masatoshi Takada | School of Sociology, Bunkkyo University |  |