Disclosed is a dry stabilising composition in an amorphous glassy state comprising a biological material, one or more disaccharides at 10-90&thinsp；%, one or more oligosaccharides at 1-10&thinsp；%, one or more polysaccharides at 0.1-10&thinsp；%, one or more hydrolysed proteins at 0.5-40&thinsp；%, and one or more carboxylic acid salts, each percentage based on the total weight of the composition.
