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Specialist food replacer ready meals (0913261)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913261M0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Specialist food replacer ready meals (0913261) was ranked 1039th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 365 items, down 0.5% on a year earlier.

365items -0.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

4,139items

Rolling 12 months

£11,760

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

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

0 240.5 481 Jan 2023 Aug 2023 Mar 2024 Oct 2024 May 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 384 Jan 2023: 411 Feb 2023: 347 Mar 2023: 450 Apr 2023: 301 May 2023: 383 Jun 2023: 175 Jul 2023: 481 Aug 2023: 395 Sep 2023: 307 Oct 2023: 393 Nov 2023: 404 Dec 2023: 306 Jan 2024: 349 Feb 2024: 422 Mar 2024: 365 Apr 2024: 408 May 2024: 374 Jun 2024: 376 Jul 2024: 390 Aug 2024: 358 Sep 2024: 375 Oct 2024: 390 Nov 2024: 361 Dec 2024: 285 Jan 2025: 323 Feb 2025: 359 Mar 2025: 364 Apr 2025: 287 May 2025: 367 Jun 2025: 377 Jul 2025: 402 Aug 2025: 412 Sep 2025: 415 Oct 2025: 463 Nov 2025: 397 Dec 2025: 402 Jan 2026: 412 Feb 2026: 439 Mar 2026: 415 Apr 2026: 419 May 2026: 365 Jun 2026: 374 Jul 2026: 384

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 12 shown
  • Average cost / item £32.22
  • Year on year Down 0.5% 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 ready meals (0913261) this month.

Presentations of Specialist food replacer ready meals (0913261), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Promin low protein pasta in sauce 66g sach cheese & broccoli 0913261M0BBADAE 80 £1,206
Promin low protein pasta in sauce 72g sach tom, pep, herb 0913261M0BBAEAE 58 £1,057
Promin low protein X-Pot chip shop curry 0913261M0BBALAC 35 £2,284
Promin low protein Mac Pot cheese 0913261M0BBABAA 33 £1,352
Promin low protein X-Pot beef & tomato 0913261M0BBAKAC 27 £1,072
Promin low protein Mac Pot tomato 0913261M0BBACAA 25 £1,192
Promin low protein potato pot with croutons cabbage & bacon 0913261M0BBAGAB 20 £695
Promin low protein potato pot with croutons sausage 0913261M0BBAIAB 20 £718
Promin low protein pasta spirals in Moroccan type sauce 72g 0913261M0BBAFAE 18 £312
Promin low protein X-Pot rogan style curry 0913261M0BBAMAC 18 £705
Promin low protein potato pot with croutons onion 0913261M0BBAHAB 17 £520
Promin low protein X-Pot all day scramble 0913261M0BBAJAC 14 £649

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

Where Specialist food replacer ready meals (0913261) is dispensed

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

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

Compare Specialist food replacer ready meals (0913261) with

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

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The monthly series for Specialist food replacer ready meals (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.