Provided herein is a method of flavouring a food comprising grinding a flavour bead onto a food or beverage prior to or contemporaneous with the use of the food or beverage, wherein the particle is in the form of an extruded, glassy bead, comprising a fibrous carrier composition encapsulating a flavour ingredient or composition active ingredient, characterised in that the bead has a cross-section diameter comprised between 3 mm and 15 mm. Further provided here is a flavour mill comprising the bead. The particle or bead comprises an encapsulating carrier composition essentially made of fibrous materials, which are both sugarless and non-cariogenic and an encapsulant, such as a flavour material.