“…Through this unifi- (A) support is expressed for the perspective provided by the concepts of glass dynamics and water dynamics; (B) the applicability of WLF kinetics to food systems at T, < T < T, (in contrast to Arrhenius kinetics at T < T, or T > T,) is (C) evidence suggesting that the glass curves of many polysaccharides and proteins show common characteristics is reported ; (D) the general correlation between carbohydrate MW and dry T, is described; (E) the similarities between water plasticization of low-molecular-weight carbohydrates and of synthetic polymers are pointed discussed ; out (A) Blanshard 1986Blanshard , 1987Blanshard , 1988Van den Berg 1986Blanshard and Franks 1987;Chungcharoen and Lund 1987;Russell 1987a;Gould and Christian 1988;Karel and Langer 1988;Le Meste and Duckworth 1988;Lillford 1988 Franks 1989Franks , 1990Franks , 1991aFranks ,b, 1992Finegold et al 1989;Karel 1989Karel , 1990Karel , 1991~. 1992Orford et ul 1989;Russell and Oliver 1989;Seib 1989, 1992;Simatos et a1 1989;Ahlneck and Zografi 1990;Biliaderis , 1991aBiliaderis ,b, 1992a ,b, 1992Myers-Betts and Baianu 1990;Noel et a1 1990Noel et a1 , 1991Oksanen and Zografi 1990;Ollett and Parker 1990;Paakkonen and Roos 1990;Pikal 1990a,b;Pikal and Shah 1990;Roos and Karel 1990-h, 1992Hemminga 1990, 1991 Labuza and Baisier 1992;…”