Melanoidins, which were higher polymers with intense brown color, were investigated on their decolorization and degradation by ozonolysis. Amino acids linked up with melanoidins were readily separated by depolymerization of melanoidins with ozonolysis. The IR spectra of ozone-untreated MRPs showed a higher peak at $1665cm^{-1}$ (C=N) and $1600cm^{-1}$ (C=C) than the corresponding peaks of ozone-treated MRPs. Ozone-treated melanoidins with molecular weight of above 900 showed the highest nitrogen composition of all melanoidins tested. Ozone-treated melanoidins with molecular weight of 900 to 1000 were separated into five peaks on recycling preparative HPLC chromatogram. Major functional groups in ozone-treated melanoidins with molecular weight of 900 to 1, 000 were -CH$_2$-CO-, -CH$_2$-O- and CH$_2$-.