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Other food preparations

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

Other food preparations was ranked 1714th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 1 items.

1items

Dispensed in May 2026

8items

Rolling 12 months

£41

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

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

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Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Foods
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £40.77
What this is
Net ingredient cost is the list price before discounts and dispensing fees, not what the NHS finally pays.

Top presentations, May 2026

The individual products dispensed under Other food preparations this month.

Presentations of Other food preparations, May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
SMA PRO Gold Prem 2 powder 090900000BBLFA0 1 £41

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis · to May 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.

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The monthly series for Other food preparations is in this page's CSV. For the ranked national series across every medicine, with the method and caveats documented, see the most-prescribed medicines dataset in our open data catalogue.