The History of the Japanese Society of Starch Science and Its Role in the Future

Abstract

The Japanese Society of Starch Science, at first, carried out many roles as a leader in the development of starch producing and provided many opportunities for communication among enterprises, universities, and public research laboratories . Glucose production by enzyme process was industrialized as a result. In recent years, the direction of study has turned to not only technical but also academical and fundamental works in the field of starch and other carbohydrate science. On the other hand, the scientific works of the enterprises greatly also developed in the production of functional oligosaccharides. This society must expect that researchers of different departments take part in the discussion of the fundamental researches.