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Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913311B0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311) was ranked 973rd of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 542 items, up 9.3% on a year earlier.

542items +9.3%

Dispensed in May 2026

5,558items

Rolling 12 months

£22,250

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311): national items dispensed by month

0 548 1k Jan 2023 Aug 2023 Mar 2024 Oct 2024 May 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 1,096 Jan 2023: 381 Feb 2023: 323 Mar 2023: 431 Apr 2023: 338 May 2023: 383 Jun 2023: 414 Jul 2023: 424 Aug 2023: 384 Sep 2023: 403 Oct 2023: 420 Nov 2023: 450 Dec 2023: 412 Jan 2024: 452 Feb 2024: 389 Mar 2024: 413 Apr 2024: 423 May 2024: 451 Jun 2024: 383 Jul 2024: 425 Aug 2024: 413 Sep 2024: 456 Oct 2024: 472 Nov 2024: 504 Dec 2024: 500 Jan 2025: 542 Feb 2025: 392 Mar 2025: 449 Apr 2025: 494 May 2025: 496 Jun 2025: 449 Jul 2025: 497 Aug 2025: 464 Sep 2025: 546 Oct 2025: 577 Nov 2025: 542 Dec 2025: 621 Jan 2026: 587 Feb 2026: 521 Mar 2026: 573 Apr 2026: 585 May 2026: 542 Jun 2026: 554 Jul 2026: 1k

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 2 shown
  • Average cost / item £41.05
  • Year on year Up 9.3% on a year earlier
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 Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311) this month.

Presentations of Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Meritene Energis Soup oral powder 50g sachets chicken 0913311B0BBAAAA 364 £15,697
Meritene Energis Soup oral powder 50g sachets vegetable 0913311B0BBABAA 178 £6,553

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

Where Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311) is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311) volumes.

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

Compare Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311) with

Other medicines in the same BNF section, by prescribing volume.

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The monthly series for Powder OTC or discontinued soup (0913311) 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.