The present invention relates generally to the field of food and beverages. In particular, the present invention relates to a powdered beverage comprising fruit or vegetable pulp. Embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions comprising dry fruit or vegetable pulp and sugar powder wherein the sugar is at least partially embedded in the pores of the pulp cell structure and wherein the size of the pulp particles is selected in a way that, e.g., segregation of low density pulp particles is avoided during transportation and storage time.