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Specialist food replacer spreads (0913261)

Nutrition and Blood Oral nutrition BNF 0913261U0
Data updated May 2026 Download CSV

Specialist food replacer spreads (0913261) was ranked 1205th of 1,796 medicines by items in May 2026, with 112 items, up 86.7% on a year earlier.

112items +86.7%

Dispensed in May 2026

909items

Rolling 12 months

£1,594

Net ingredient cost · May 2026

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

0 68 136 Jan 2023 Aug 2023 Mar 2024 Oct 2024 May 2025 Dec 2025 Jul 2026 136 Jan 2023: 55 Feb 2023: 57 Mar 2023: 56 Apr 2023: 41 May 2023: 54 Jun 2023: 18 Jul 2023: 77 Aug 2023: 66 Sep 2023: 46 Oct 2023: 54 Nov 2023: 68 Dec 2023: 50 Jan 2024: 50 Feb 2024: 65 Mar 2024: 42 Apr 2024: 76 May 2024: 70 Jun 2024: 43 Jul 2024: 80 Aug 2024: 51 Sep 2024: 65 Oct 2024: 50 Nov 2024: 55 Dec 2024: 49 Jan 2025: 55 Feb 2025: 56 Mar 2025: 65 Apr 2025: 50 May 2025: 60 Jun 2025: 73 Jul 2025: 41 Aug 2025: 50 Sep 2025: 99 Oct 2025: 68 Nov 2025: 82 Dec 2025: 66 Jan 2026: 98 Feb 2026: 115 Mar 2026: 112 Apr 2026: 107 May 2026: 112 Jun 2026: 125 Jul 2026: 136

Source: NHSBSA Prescription Cost Analysis, to May 2026

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At a glance

  • Therapeutic class Oral nutrition
  • Presentations 2 shown
  • Average cost / item £14.23
  • Year on year Up 86.7% 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 spreads (0913261) this month.

Presentations of Specialist food replacer spreads (0913261), May 2026
Presentation BNF code Items Net ingredient cost
Taranis low protein hazelnut spread 0913261U0BBAAAA 54 £666
Meta Healthcare low protein hazelnut spread 0913261U0BCAAAB 58 £929

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

Where Specialist food replacer spreads (0913261) is dispensed

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

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

Compare Specialist food replacer spreads (0913261) with

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

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The monthly series for Specialist food replacer spreads (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.