Aroma composition for carbonated beverages

An aroma powder for imparting, modifying, and/or enhancing a flavor in a beverage, the aroma powder comprising:

• (a) one or more components selected from sugars, sweeteners, acidity regulators, flow additives, vitamins, minerals, herbal supplements, amino acids, fatty acids, fibers, food colorants, artificial colors, turbidity agents, sugar alcohols, prebiotics, probiotics, dried fruit and vegetable concentrates or extracts, food acids, and carbonates;
• (b) agglomerated aroma particles having a d50 of at least 100 μm, the agglomerated aroma particles obtained or obtainable by a method comprising:
• (i) spray drying an emulsion comprising one or more aromatic substances and one or more carriers in a drying chamber of a spray drying apparatus to produce particles;
• and
• (ii) simultaneously spraying the particles with one or more binders selected from mono- or polysaccharides with reducing groups and sugar alcohols, in a fluidized bed integrated into the drying chamber;
• wherein the one or more binders are present in an amount of 10 to 30 vol. % based on the emulsion of (b)(i), and
• (b)(i) and (b)(ii) occur simultaneously with the particles continuously kept in motion and agglomerated within the drying chamber;
• and
• (c) a composition at least partially coating the agglomerated aroma particles, the composition comprising one or more of triacetin, polyethylene glycol, vegetable oils, fruit oils, and nonpolar aromatic substances.