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Specialist food replacer cakes (0913261)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913261B0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Specialist food replacer cakes (0913261) was ranked 1068th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 297 items, down 7.2% on a year earlier.

297items -7.2%

Dispensed in May 2026

3,091items

Rolling 12 months

£3,462

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

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

0 231 462 Jan 2023 Aug 2023 Mar 2024 Oct 2024 May 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 404 Jan 2023: 266 Feb 2023: 224 Mar 2023: 258 Apr 2023: 227 May 2023: 287 Jun 2023: 95 Jul 2023: 462 Aug 2023: 331 Sep 2023: 228 Oct 2023: 311 Nov 2023: 328 Dec 2023: 291 Jan 2024: 290 Feb 2024: 313 Mar 2024: 297 Apr 2024: 323 May 2024: 220 Jun 2024: 256 Jul 2024: 358 Aug 2024: 254 Sep 2024: 299 Oct 2024: 315 Nov 2024: 308 Dec 2024: 225 Jan 2025: 308 Feb 2025: 323 Mar 2025: 303 Apr 2025: 224 May 2025: 320 Jun 2025: 313 Jul 2025: 296 Aug 2025: 263 Sep 2025: 360 Oct 2025: 311 Nov 2025: 281 Dec 2025: 308 Jan 2026: 292 Feb 2026: 319 Mar 2026: 328 Apr 2026: 332 May 2026: 297 Jun 2026: 315 Jul 2026: 404

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 4 shown
  • Average cost / item £11.66
  • Year on year Down 7.2% 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 cakes (0913261) this month.

Presentations of Specialist food replacer cakes (0913261), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Taranis low protein lemon cake 0913261B0BBABAA 137 £1,614
Taranis low protein apricot cake 0913261B0BBAAAA 96 £1,072
Promin low protein fresh baked fruit loaf 0913261B0BCAAAB 63 £763
Taranis low protein pear cake 0913261B0BBACAA 1 £13

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

Where Specialist food replacer cakes (0913261) is dispensed

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

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

Compare Specialist food replacer cakes (0913261) with

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

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The monthly series for Specialist food replacer cakes (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.