The invention relates to an oral tablet for taste masking of active ingredients, the tablet comprising a population of particles and an active ingredient with off-note taste, the population of particles comprising directly compressible (DC) and non-directly compressible (non-DC) sugar alcohol particles, the non-DC particles providing the tablet with a plurality of discrete non-DC areas, and the non-DC areas resulting at least partly in induced taste masking of the active ingredient upon mastication of the tablet.