A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A DEHYDRATED CARBOHYDRATE-CONTAINING NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT COMPRISES PREPARING A LIQUID CONCENTRATE WITH A REDUCED CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT, SPRAYING THE LIQUID CONCENTRATE INTO A SPRAY-DRIER AND INCORPORATING THE REMAINDER OF THE CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT INTO THE NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT BY BLOWING SOLID CARBOHYDRATE PARTICLES INTO THE SPRAY DRYER AND REMOVING THE CARBOHYDRATE-CONTAINING NUTRITIONAL PRODUCT FROM THE SPRAY-DRIER. THE PROCESS SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCES THE PROBLEM OF FOULING OF THE SPRAY DRYER.