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Specialist food replacer rice/cous cous (0913261)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913261N0
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Specialist food replacer rice/cous cous (0913261) was ranked 1017th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 400 items, down 4.5% on a year earlier.

400items -4.5%

Dispensed in May 2026

4,271items

Rolling 12 months

£7,498

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

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

0 246.5 493 Jan 2023 Aug 2023 Mar 2024 Oct 2024 May 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 404 Jan 2023: 414 Feb 2023: 365 Mar 2023: 433 Apr 2023: 304 May 2023: 359 Jun 2023: 220 Jul 2023: 474 Aug 2023: 381 Sep 2023: 334 Oct 2023: 366 Nov 2023: 440 Dec 2023: 376 Jan 2024: 305 Feb 2024: 382 Mar 2024: 372 Apr 2024: 421 May 2024: 412 Jun 2024: 397 Jul 2024: 425 Aug 2024: 373 Sep 2024: 419 Oct 2024: 433 Nov 2024: 404 Dec 2024: 369 Jan 2025: 350 Feb 2025: 373 Mar 2025: 407 Apr 2025: 332 May 2025: 419 Jun 2025: 422 Jul 2025: 493 Aug 2025: 391 Sep 2025: 451 Oct 2025: 460 Nov 2025: 387 Dec 2025: 404 Jan 2026: 458 Feb 2026: 440 Mar 2026: 442 Apr 2026: 438 May 2026: 400 Jun 2026: 413 Jul 2026: 404

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 5 shown
  • Average cost / item £18.75
  • Year on year Down 4.5% 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 rice/cous cous (0913261) this month.

Presentations of Specialist food replacer rice/cous cous (0913261), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Mevalia low protein rice replacer 0913261N0BBAAAB 172 £2,628
Loprofin low protein rice replacer 0913261N0BEAAAA 130 £2,992
Promin low protein imitation rice 0913261N0BCABAD 45 £1,006
Promin low protein cous cous 0913261N0BCAAAC 42 £473
Taranis low protein risotto substitute 0913261N0BDAAAE 11 £398

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

Where Specialist food replacer rice/cous cous (0913261) is dispensed

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

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

Compare Specialist food replacer rice/cous cous (0913261) with

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

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The monthly series for Specialist food replacer rice/cous cous (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.