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Specialist food replacer breakfast cereal (0913261)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913261A0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Specialist food replacer breakfast cereal (0913261) was ranked 977th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 535 items, up 1.5% on a year earlier.

535items +1.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

5,490items

Rolling 12 months

£11,941

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Specialist food replacer breakfast cereal (0913261): national items dispensed by month

0 353.5 707 Jan 2023 Aug 2023 Mar 2024 Oct 2024 May 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 436 Jan 2023: 597 Feb 2023: 519 Mar 2023: 649 Apr 2023: 478 May 2023: 544 Jun 2023: 373 Jul 2023: 623 Aug 2023: 559 Sep 2023: 533 Oct 2023: 584 Nov 2023: 597 Dec 2023: 537 Jan 2024: 612 Feb 2024: 601 Mar 2024: 587 Apr 2024: 624 May 2024: 586 Jun 2024: 562 Jul 2024: 707 Aug 2024: 550 Sep 2024: 610 Oct 2024: 599 Nov 2024: 565 Dec 2024: 523 Jan 2025: 517 Feb 2025: 510 Mar 2025: 553 Apr 2025: 483 May 2025: 527 Jun 2025: 562 Jul 2025: 648 Aug 2025: 455 Sep 2025: 622 Oct 2025: 572 Nov 2025: 474 Dec 2025: 561 Jan 2026: 543 Feb 2026: 563 Mar 2026: 609 Apr 2026: 556 May 2026: 535 Jun 2026: 548 Jul 2026: 436

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 8 shown
  • Average cost / item £22.32
  • Year on year Up 1.5% 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 breakfast cereal (0913261) this month.

Presentations of Specialist food replacer breakfast cereal (0913261), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Loprofin low protein breakfast flakes (2 flavours) 0913261A0BBAAAA 154 £4,176
Loprofin low protein breakfast loops 0913261A0BBABAA 124 £3,224
Promin low protein cereal chocolate 0913261A0BCAFAC 94 £1,330
Promin low protein hot breakfast powder 57g sach chocolate 0913261A0BCADAB 55 £1,172
Promin low protein hot breakfast powder 57g sachets banana 0913261A0BCACAB 39 £723
Promin low protein hot breakfast powder 56g sachets original 0913261A0BCAAAB 33 £580
Promin low protein hot breakfast pdr 57g sach apple&cinnamon 0913261A0BCABAB 33 £694
Promin low protein cereal banana 0913261A0BCAEAC 3 £42

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

Where Specialist food replacer breakfast cereal (0913261) is dispensed

The regions and dispensing practices with the highest Specialist food replacer breakfast cereal (0913261) volumes.

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

Compare Specialist food replacer breakfast cereal (0913261) with

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

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The monthly series for Specialist food replacer breakfast cereal (0913261) 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.