Method for the preparation of a cooling composition in the form of a granulate, characterized in that a cooling composition is encapsulated in a spray granulation process, wherein the cooling composition is a composition consisting of (A) 8 to 10 wt. % cooling active selected from the group consisting of menthone glyceryl acetal (FEMA GRAS 3807), menthone glyceryl ketal (FEMA GRAS 3808), menthol lactate (FEMA GRAS 3748), menthol ethylene glycol carbonate (FEMA GRAS 3805), menthol propylene glycol carbonate (FEMA GRAS 3806), menthol N-ethyloxamate, monomethyl succinate (FEMA GRAS 3810), monomenthyl glutamate (FEMA GRAS 4006), menthoxy-1,2-propanediol (FEMA GRAS 3784), menthoxy-2-methyl-1,2-propanediol (FEMA GRAS 3849) and the menthanecarboxylic acid esters and amides WS-3, WS-4, WS-5, WS-12, WS-14, WS-23 and WS-30, or acyclic carboxamides of the formula (I) wherein R' and R" independently of another may be hydrogen, or a hydroxyl group or a branched, unbranched, cyclic alkyl radical having up to 25 carbon atoms, an aryl group having up to 10 carbon atoms selected from substituted and unsubstituted phenyl, phenylalkyl, naphthyl and pyridyl radicals, or mixtures thereof, and (B) at least 15 % by weight alcohol selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C3 alcohol or mixtures thereof, and (C) at least 60 % by weight hydrophobic compound selected from the group consisting of essential oils, neutral oils, vegetable oils or mixtures thereof, wherein the cooling agent (A) is completely dissolved in (B) and (C) in an upstream step to form a homogeneous mixture, wherein the temperature is being maintained at 40°C to 100°C for complete dissolution of (A), and in the further spray granulation process, the temperature is maintained at 35°C to 65°C to prevent recrystallization of (A), wherein the granule particles of the cooling composition obtained from the spray granulation in the form of a granule have an average particle size of 0.3 mm to 0.9 mm. (A) 8 to 10 wt. % cooling active selected from the group consisting of menthone glyceryl acetal (FEMA GRAS 3807), menthone glyceryl ketal (FEMA GRAS 3808), menthol lactate (FEMA GRAS 3748), menthol ethylene glycol carbonate (FEMA GRAS 3805), menthol propylene glycol carbonate (FEMA GRAS 3806), menthol N-ethyloxamate, monomethyl succinate (FEMA GRAS 3810), monomenthyl glutamate (FEMA GRAS 4006), menthoxy-1,2-propanediol (FEMA GRAS 3784), menthoxy-2-methyl-1,2-propanediol (FEMA GRAS 3849) and the menthanecarboxylic acid esters and amides WS-3, WS-4, WS-5, WS-12, WS-14, WS-23 and WS-30, or acyclic carboxamides of the formula (I) wherein R' and R" independently of another may be hydrogen, or a hydroxyl group or a branched, unbranched, cyclic alkyl radical having up to 25 carbon atoms, an aryl group having up to 10 carbon atoms selected from substituted and unsubstituted phenyl, phenylalkyl, naphthyl and pyridyl radicals, or mixtures thereof, and (B) at least 15 % by weight alcohol selected from the group consisting of a C1 to C3 alcohol or mixtures thereof, and (C) at least 60 % by weight hydrophobic compound selected from the group consisting of essential oils, neutral oils, vegetable oils or mixtures thereof, <EOS>