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Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913181Q0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181) was ranked 1325th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 40 items, down 4.8% on a year earlier.

40items -4.8%

Dispensed in May 2026

438items

Rolling 12 months

£1,479

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181): national items dispensed by month

0 28 56 Jan 2025 Apr 2025 Jul 2025 Oct 2025 Jan 2026 May 2026 40 Jan 2025: 50 Feb 2025: 45 Mar 2025: 41 Apr 2025: 43 May 2025: 42 Jun 2025: 34 Jul 2025: 44 Aug 2025: 34 Sep 2025: 44 Oct 2025: 44 Nov 2025: 40 Dec 2025: 51 Jan 2026: 56 Feb 2026: 35 Mar 2026: 50 Apr 2026: 44 May 2026: 40

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 1 shown
  • Average cost / item £36.97
  • Year on year Down 4.8% 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 Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181) this month.

Presentations of Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Kanso DeliMCT CacaoBar 0913181Q0BBAAAA 40 £1,479

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

Where Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181) is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181) volumes.

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

Compare Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181) with

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

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The monthly series for Specialist food replacer 4.8:1 confectionary (0913181) 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.