1. Food authentication by carbohydrate chromatography

   • Jacques Prodolliet
   • C. Hischenhuber

   REVIEW Pages: 1 - 12

2. Effects of hygienic handling in combination with potassium sorbate treatment and smoking on the microbial quality and shelf-stability of croaker (Micropogonias furnieri)

   • B. J. O. Efiuvwevwere
   • Archibong U. Isaiah

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 13 - 17

3. Colour changes during manufacture of Galician chorizo sausage

   • E. Fernández-Fernández
   • M. L. Vázquez-Odériz
   • M. A. Romero-Rodríguez

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 18 - 21

4. DNA degradation in chilled fresh chicken studied with the neutral comet assay

   • H. Cerda
   • G. Koppen

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 22 - 25

5. Microwave-assisted extraction of free amino acids from foods

   • Á. Kovács
   • Katalin Ganzler
   • Livia Simon-Sarkadi

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 26 - 30

6. Multielement analysis of Chinese tea (Camellia sinensis) by total-reflection X-ray fluorescence

   • M. Xie
   • A. von Bohlen
   • K. Günther

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 31 - 38

7. Determination of fresh onion (Allium cepa L.) volatiles by solid phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

   • E. P. Järvenpää
   • Zhouyao Zhang
   • Jerry W. King

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 39 - 43

8. Nonvolatile reaction products of heat-induced degradation of α-glucans Part II: Analysis of short-chain α-glucans by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

   • J. Häseler
   • L. W. Kroh

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 44 - 49

9. Formation of α-dicarbonyl fragments from mono- and disaccharides under caramelization and Maillard reaction conditions

   • A. Hollnagel
   • L. W. Kroh

   ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 50 - 54

10. Rheological characterization of fresh and cooked potato tissues (cv. Monalisa)

    • M. D. Alvarez
    • W. Canet

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 55 - 65

11. Studies on rats fed a dietary fibre preparation from sugar beet

    • G. Dongowski
    • R. Plass

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 66 - 73

12. Microbiological oxidation of 2-methylbutanol of differing enantiomeric ratios by Gluconobacter species

    • Katja Schumacher
    • Sven Asche
    • Doris Rauhut

    ORIGINAL PAPER Pages: 74 - 76

13. Detection of soya in sausages by the analysis of sterols

    • T. Kuchta
    • P. Farkaš
    • M. Kováč

    SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 77 - 79