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Other food preparations

Nutrition and Blood Foods BNF 090900000
Data updated April 2026 Download CSV

Other food preparations was ranked 1646th of 1,792 medicines by items in April 2026, with 2 items.

2items

Dispensed in April 2026

7items

Rolling 12 months

£107

Net ingredient cost · April 2026

Figure 1. Other food preparations: national items dispensed by month

0 11k 22k Jan 2021 Aug 2021 Mar 2022 Oct 2022 Aug 2023 May 2024 Apr 2026 2 Jan 2021: 19k Feb 2021: 19k Mar 2021: 21k Apr 2021: 21k May 2021: 20k Jun 2021: 21k Jul 2021: 21k Aug 2021: 20k Sep 2021: 21k Oct 2021: 20k Nov 2021: 21k Dec 2021: 22k Jan 2022: 21k Feb 2022: 19k Mar 2022: 19k Apr 2022: 17k May 2022: 18k Jun 2022: 17k Jul 2022: 17k Aug 2022: 18k Sep 2022: 19k Oct 2022: 18k Nov 2022: 19k Dec 2022: 19k Jan 2023: 2 Mar 2023: 1 Apr 2023: 2 Jun 2023: 4 Aug 2023: 7 Oct 2023: 7 Nov 2023: 2 Jan 2024: 4 Feb 2024: 2 Mar 2024: 3 Apr 2024: 1 May 2024: 8 Jul 2024: 2 Aug 2024: 2 Sep 2024: 1 Oct 2024: 1 Nov 2024: 1 Jan 2025: 3 Feb 2025: 2 Aug 2025: 1 Nov 2025: 1 Jan 2026: 1 Feb 2026: 1 Mar 2026: 1 Apr 2026: 2

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to April 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Foods
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £53.34
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, April 2026

The individual products dispensed under Other food preparations this month.

Presentations of Other food preparations, April 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
SMA PRO Gold Prem 2 powder 090900000BBLFA0 2 £107

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to April 2026 OGL v3.0

Where Other food preparations is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Other food preparations volumes.

Regional volumes from NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis; practice volumes from NHS dispensing data.