I am delighted to present selected peer-reviewed paper from the 4th Cereals & Europe Spring Meeting in this,out most recent focus issue of Cereal Chemistry. Guest editor Drs. Kristof Brijs and Bram Pareyt have done an outstanding job in bringing our readership cutting-edge research that was presented at the C&E Spring Meeting help in Leuven,Belgium, in May 2013. I hope you find these papers informative and useful in advancing your own research and technology.