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Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS)

Adult ONS quick reference formulary 2022

6 steps to appropriate prescribing of ONS for adults 2022

6 steps to appropriate prescribing of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) video

ONS available to buy over the counter for adults

Food First Resources

First line advice for managing malnutrition 1, 2, 3

Food first advice for adults with a small appetite 2022

Food first advice for adults with a small appetite - vegan and plant - based diets 2024

Food first advice for adults with a small appetite and diabetes 2022

Homemade fortified drinks - Information leaflet 2022

Eating well with dementia - Patient leaflet

Care Homes Nutrition

Managing malnutrition in care homes resource pack

Guidance on the prescribing of oral nutritional supplements in care homes 2023

First line advice for managing malnutrition in care homes 1, 2, 3

Malnutrition care pathway for care home residents 2023

Factsheets

Vitamin B compound and compound strong factsheet (V1.1)

Vitamin D for adults - information leaflet

Paediatric vitamin D guidelines (RCHT doc library)

Cornwall IOS Probiotics position statement 2020

Cornwall Joint Formulary Recommended Choices (...Top)

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	Name	Tariff	BNF Sub Paragraph
	Foodlink Complete Compact 57 g sachets banana Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete Compact 57 g sachets chocolate Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete Compact 57 g sachets natural Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete Compact 57 g sachets strawberry Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete Compact 57 g sachets vanilla Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete powder 57 g sachet banana Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete powder 57 g sachet chocolate Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete powder 57 g sachet natural Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete powder 57 g sachet strawberry Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete powder 57 g sachet vanilla Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Energy 200 ml banana Pack of 1	£0.99	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Energy 200 ml chocolate Pack of 1	£0.99	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Energy 200 ml strawberry Pack of 1	£0.99	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Energy 200 ml vanilla Pack of 1	£0.99	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Compact Daily 250 ml liquid Unspecified ( 4 flavours) Pack of 250	£1.60	ONS - Standard
Please note 250mls of Altraplen Compact Daily is equivalent to TWO bottles of compact standard ONS (for example, TWO 125ml Ensure compact or TWO 125ml Fortisip Compact)
	Altraplen Energy 800 ml Starter Pack Pack of 1	£4.40	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaSolve Smoothie 4 Starter Pack powder Pack of 4	£5.15	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaSolve Smoothie 7 mango 66g sachet Pack of 7	£7.00	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaSolve Smoothie 7 peach 66g sachet Pack of 7	£7.00	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaSolve Smoothie 7 pineapple 66g sachet Pack of 7	£7.00	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Compact Daily Starter Pack 1000 ml liquid ( 4 x 250ml ) Pack of 1000	£7.16	ONS - Standard
Please note 250mls of Altraplen Compact Daily is equivalent to TWO bottles of compact standard ONS (for example, TWO 125ml Ensure compact or TWO 125ml Fortisip Compact)
	Aymes Actagain 1.5 Complete liquid 200 ml Pack of 1	£1.11	ONS - Standard
	Ensure Plus (milkshake style ) 200 ml liquid Unspecified 9 flav Pack of 200	£1.18	ONS - Standard
	Fortisip Bottle (Fortisip) 200 ml unspecified flavour Pack of 200	£1.40	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin Energy (Fresubin) 200 ml neutral Pack of 1	£1.40	ONS - Standard
	Nutricrem (Nutricrem dessert) 125 gram dessert strawberry Pack of 1	£1.40	ONS - Standard
	Nutricrem (Nutricrem dessert) 125 gram dessert vanilla Pack of 1	£1.40	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin YoDrink 200 ml apricot-peach Pack of 200	£1.44	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin YoDrink 200 ml lemon Pack of 200	£1.44	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin YoDrink 200 ml raspberry Pack of 200	£1.44	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin Energy (Fresubin) 200 ml unspecified Pack of 1	£1.49	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Actagain 1.5 Plant Powered liquid 200 ml Flavour Not Specified Pack of 1	£1.54	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Fortisip PlantBased 200 ml 1.5kcal liquid mocha Pack of 1	£1.54	ONS - Standard
	Fortisip PlantBased 200 ml 1.5kcal liquid mango passionfruit Pack of 1	£1.54	ONS - Standard
	Fortisip PlantBased 200 ml 1.5kcal liquid unspecified Pack of 1	£1.54	ONS - Standard
	Fortisip Extra (Fortisip) 200 ml unspecified flavour Pack of 200	£1.65	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Fresubin Pro Compact drink 125 ml bottle vanilla Pack of 1	£1.65	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Fresubin Pro Compact drink 125 ml bottle apricot-peach Pack of 1	£1.65	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Fresubin Pro Compact drink 125 ml bottle cappuccino Pack of 1	£1.65	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Fortijuce (Bottle) 200 ml Bottle unspecified Pack of 1	£1.80	ONS - Standard
	Altrajuce 200 ml apple Pack of 200	£1.89	ONS - Standard
	Altrajuce 200 ml blackcurrant Pack of 200	£1.89	ONS - Standard
	Altrajuce 200 ml orange Pack of 200	£1.89	ONS - Standard
	Altrajuce 200 ml strawberry Pack of 200	£1.89	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Actagain 2.0 Fibre liquid 200 ml Pack of 1	£2.10	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Complan 57 g shake pdr sachet banana Pack of 4	£2.16	ONS - Standard
	Complan 57 g shake pdr sachet chocolate Pack of 4	£2.16	ONS - Standard
	Complan 57 g shake pdr sachet milk Pack of 4	£2.16	ONS - Standard
	Complan 57 g shake pdr sachet strawberry Pack of 4	£2.16	ONS - Standard
	Complan 57 g shake pdr sachet vanilla Pack of 4	£2.16	ONS - Standard
	Complan 57 g shake pdr sachet unspecified Pack of 4	£2.16	ONS - Standard
	Ensure Plus Fibre (Bottle) (Ensure) 200 ml bottle unspecified Pack of 200	£2.23	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin Energy Fibre (Fresubin) 200 ml unspecified Pack of 1	£2.23	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin 2kcal Fibre (Fresubin) 200 ml unit unspecified Pack of 1	£2.31	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin 2kcal (Fresubin) 200 ml unit unspecified Pack of 1	£2.34	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake powder 57 g sachet banana Pack of 7	£3.43	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake powder 57 g sachet chocolate Pack of 7	£3.43	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake powder 57 g sachet neutral Pack of 7	£3.43	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake powder 57 g sachet vanilla Pack of 7	£3.43	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake powder 57 g sachet unspecified Pack of 7	£3.43	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake Fibre 5 x 57g sachets Starter Pack powder Pack of 1	£3.55	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake Compact powder 57 g sachets ginger Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes Shake Compact powder 57 g sachets banana Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes Shake Compact powder 57 g sachets neutral Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes Shake Compact powder 57 g sachets chocolate Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes Shake Compact powder 57 g sachets strawberry Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes Shake Compact powder 57 g sachets vanilla Pack of 7	£3.64	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Complan 57 g shake pdr sachet Starter pack Pack of 5	£3.73	ONS - Standard
	Ensure Shake (Nutritional Milkshake Sachet) 57 g sachet (Unspecified) Pack of 7	£3.99	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake powder 57 g sachet strawberry Pack of 7	£4.20	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Smoothie powder Starter Pack 66 g sachets Pack of 4	£4.44	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes Actagain 1.5 Plant Powered 600 ml Starter Pack liquid Pack of 1	£4.62	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes Shake Compact Starter Pack powder 5 1 x ( 5 x 57g sachets ) Pack of 1	£4.78	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes Savoury powder 57 g sachets Chicken Pack of 7	£4.90	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Savoury powder 57 g sachets Vegetable Pack of 7	£4.90	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake Fibre 57 g sachets banana Pack of 7	£4.97	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake Fibre 57 g sachets chocolate Pack of 7	£4.97	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake Fibre 57 g sachets neutral Pack of 7	£4.97	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake Fibre 57 g sachets strawberry Pack of 7	£4.97	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Shake Fibre 57 g sachets vanilla Pack of 7	£4.97	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaCal Creme 500 gm Flavour Not Specified 4 x 125g pots Pack of 500	£5.06	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Compact 500 ml liquid 4 x 125ml Banana Pack of 4	£5.32	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Compact 500 ml liquid 4 x 125ml hazel chocolate Pack of 4	£5.32	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Compact 500 ml liquid 4 x 125ml Vanilla Pack of 4	£5.32	ONS - Standard
	Fortisip (Fortisip Compact) 125 ml unit unspecified Pack of 4	£5.32	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes ActaSolve Protein Compact 5 x 57g sachets Starter Pack Pack of 1	£5.36	ONS - Standard
	Ensure Compact 125 ml x 4 bottles Vanilla Pack of 500	£5.58	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Actagain 1.5 Complete Starter Pack liquid 800 ml 1 x (4 x 200ml bottles) Pack of 1	£5.94	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Complete 800 ml bottles 4 x 200ml starter pack Pack of 800	£5.94	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Compact Starter Pack 500 ml 1 x (4 x 125ml) liquid Pack of 500	£5.96	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete Powder 63 g sachets with fibre banana Pack of 7	£5.97	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete Powder 63 g sachets with fibre chocolate Pack of 7	£5.97	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete Powder 63 g sachets with fibre strawberry Pack of 7	£5.97	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Complete Powder 63 g sachets with fibre vanilla Pack of 7	£5.97	ONS - Standard
	Aymes Actagain 2.0 600 ml Fibre Starter Pack liquid Pack of 1	£6.20	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Foodlink Extra Starter Pack 85 g sachets Pack of 4	£6.40	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Altraplen Protein Liquid 200 ml Strawberry 4 x 200ml Pack of 1	£6.78	ONS - Standard
	Altraplen Protein Liquid 200 ml Vanilla 4 x 200ml Pack of 1	£6.78	ONS - Standard
	Fortisip (Fortisip Compact) 125 ml unit starter pack Pack of 4	£7.40	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Aymes ActaSolve Protein Compact 57 g sachets banana Pack of 7	£7.51	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaSolve Protein Compact 57 g sachets chocolate Pack of 7	£7.51	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaSolve Protein Compact 57 g sachets neutral Pack of 7	£7.51	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaSolve Protein Compact 57 g sachets strawberry Pack of 7	£7.51	ONS - Standard
	Aymes ActaSolve Protein Compact 57 g sachets vanilla Pack of 7	£7.51	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Smoothie powder (Flavour Not Specified) 66 g sachets Pack of 7	£7.77	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Foodlink Smoothie powder orange & mango 66 g sachets Pack of 7	£7.77	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Foodlink Smoothie powder peach 66 g sachets Pack of 7	£7.77	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Foodlink Smoothie powder red berry 66 g sachets Pack of 7	£7.77	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Foodlink Smoothie powder tropical 66 g sachets Pack of 7	£7.77	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Fortisip (Fortisip Compact Protein) 125 ml unit unspecified Pack of 4	£8.00	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin jucy 800 ml bottles 4 x 200ml Apple Pack of 4	£8.04	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin jucy 800 ml bottles 4 x 200ml Blackcurrant Pack of 4	£8.04	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin jucy 800 ml bottles 4 x 200ml Cherry Pack of 4	£8.04	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin jucy 800 ml bottles 4 x 200ml Orange Pack of 4	£8.04	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin jucy 800 ml bottles 4 x 200ml Pineapple Pack of 4	£8.04	ONS - Standard
	Fortijuce Starter Pack (Fortijuce) 200 ml bottle Pack of 4	£8.08	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin 2kcal creme 125 g Creme dessert cappuccino Pack of 4	£8.16	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin 2kcal creme 125 g Creme dessert choc Pack of 4	£8.16	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin 2kcal creme 125 g Creme dessert vanilla Pack of 4	£8.16	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin 2kcal creme 125 g Creme dessert strawberry Pack of 4	£8.16	ONS - Standard
	Nutricrem (Nutricrem dessert) 500 gram dessert strawberry 4 x125g Pack of 4	£8.16	ONS - Standard
	Nutricrem (Nutricrem dessert) 500 gram dessert vanilla 4 x125g Pack of 4	£8.16	ONS - Standard
	Nutricrem (Nutricrem dessert) 500 gram mint chocolate 4 x125g Pack of 4	£8.16	ONS - Standard
	Nutricrem (Nutricrem dessert) 500 gm dessert chocolate orange 4 x125g Pack of 4	£8.16	ONS - Standard
	Fortisip (Fortisip Compact Fibre) 125 ml bottle unspecified Pack of 4	£8.36	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin (Fresubin Yocreme) 125 g unit unspecified Pack of 4	£8.68	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin 3.2kcal 500 ml drink (4 flavours) Pack of 500	£9.96	ONS - Standard
	Foodlink Extra banana 85 g sachets Pack of 7	£11.20	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Foodlink Extra chocolate 85 g sachets Pack of 7	£11.20	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Foodlink Extra strawberry 85 g sachets Pack of 7	£11.20	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Foodlink Extra vanilla 85 g sachets Pack of 7	£11.20	ONS - Standard
To be prescribed only under the advice of a dietitian
	Nutrison Soya (Nutrison) 1000 ml unit (pack) Pack of 1	£11.66	ONS - Standard
	Enshake (sachet) (Enshake) 96.5 g unit unspecified Pack of 6	£15.22	ONS - Standard
	Calshake (Calshake) 87 g unit unspecified Pack of 7	£17.01	ONS - Standard
	Prosource Liquid 30 ml sachet Pack of 100	£97.23	ONS - Standard
	Fortisip 200 ml 2kcal liquid unspecified Pack of 1	£2.33	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin Original (Fresubin) 200 ml unspecified Pack of 1	£2.48	ONS - Standard
	Fresubin Original (Fresubin) 200 ml unit unspecified Pack of 1	£2.48	ONS - Standard
	Ensure liquid (Ensure) 250 ml Chocolate Pack of 1	£2.49	ONS - Standard
	Ensure liquid (Ensure) 250 ml Coffee Pack of 1	£2.49	ONS - Standard
	Ensure liquid (Ensure) 250 m (flavour unspecified) Pack of 1	£2.49	ONS - Standard