An automatic dishwashing composition is provided including a builder selected from the group consisting of carbonate, bicarbonate, citrate, silicate and mixtures thereof; a nonionic surfactant; and a dispersant polymer comprising: (a) 5 to 75 wt% of structural units of itaconic acid; (b) 10 to 85 wt% of structural units having formula I wherein each R3 is independently selected from a hydrogen and a -C(0)CH3 group; and (c) 10 to 65 wt% of structural units of (meth)acrylic acid; wherein the dispersant polymer has a lactone end group and wherein the dispersant polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500 to 6,000.