Stabilization of chymosin by polymers

A dried granulated milk clotting aspartic protease enzyme composition comprising:

• (i) a milk clotting aspartic protease enzyme at a strength of from 25 International Milk-Clotting Units (IMCU)/g of the composition to 30000 IMCU/g of the composition, as determined by a relative milk-clotting activity test (REMCAT) using the milk-clotting activity of the international reference standard for rennet as a reference standard;
• (ii) a polymer at a concentration of from 1 ppm to 5000 ppm (w/w), and
• (iii) a salt;
• wherein the polymer has the following characteristics (a), (b) and (c):
• (a) the polymer is a polymer of at least one monomer selected from ethylene oxide, vinylpolypyrrolidone, vinyl alcohol, vinyl acetate, acrylonitrile, acrylate and methacrylate;
• (b) the polymer has a molecular mass of from 200 g/mol to 50000 g/mol;
• and
• (c) the polymer has a number of monomers (“n number”) of from n=5 to n=1250;
• and
• wherein a suspension of the dried granulated composition in water has a pH of from 2 to 8.