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Specialist food replacer meat/fish (0913261)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913261I0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Specialist food replacer meat/fish (0913261) was ranked 934th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 714 items, up 10.9% on a year earlier.

714items +10.9%

Dispensed in May 2026

6,407items

Rolling 12 months

£16,740

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

Figure 1. Specialist food replacer meat/fish (0913261): national items dispensed by month

0 426 852 Jan 2023 Aug 2023 Mar 2024 Oct 2024 May 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 299 Jan 2023: 659 Feb 2023: 565 Mar 2023: 663 Apr 2023: 466 May 2023: 598 Jun 2023: 298 Jul 2023: 852 Aug 2023: 617 Sep 2023: 480 Oct 2023: 690 Nov 2023: 696 Dec 2023: 587 Jan 2024: 577 Feb 2024: 656 Mar 2024: 554 Apr 2024: 619 May 2024: 531 Jun 2024: 526 Jul 2024: 659 Aug 2024: 459 Sep 2024: 707 Oct 2024: 730 Nov 2024: 643 Dec 2024: 543 Jan 2025: 589 Feb 2025: 663 Mar 2025: 610 Apr 2025: 515 May 2025: 644 Jun 2025: 640 Jul 2025: 678 Aug 2025: 604 Sep 2025: 758 Oct 2025: 751 Nov 2025: 631 Dec 2025: 711 Jan 2026: 685 Feb 2026: 706 Mar 2026: 704 Apr 2026: 774 May 2026: 714 Jun 2026: 718 Jul 2026: 299

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 9 shown
  • Average cost / item £23.45
  • Year on year Up 10.9% 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 meat/fish (0913261) this month.

Presentations of Specialist food replacer meat/fish (0913261), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Promin low protein sausage mix 30g sachets original 0913261I0BDADAB 142 £3,045
Promin low protein burger mix 62g sachets lamb & mint 0913261I0BDAAAA 111 £3,341
Promin low protein burger mix 62g sachets original 0913261I0BDABAA 96 £2,744
Promin low protein chicken burger mix 62g sachets 0913261I0BDAFAE 93 £2,243
Promin low protein sausage mix 30g sachets apple & sage 0913261I0BDACAB 84 £1,878
Promin low protein sausage mix 30g sachets tomato & basil 0913261I0BDAEAB 82 £1,296
Meta Healthcare low protein chicken substitute 0913261I0BEAAAF 45 £861
Meta Healthcare low protein meat substitute 0913261I0BEABAG 35 £840
Taranis low protein fish substitute 0913261I0BBAAAC 26 £493

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

Where Specialist food replacer meat/fish (0913261) is dispensed

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

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

Compare Specialist food replacer meat/fish (0913261) with

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

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The monthly series for Specialist food replacer meat/fish (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.