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protein pancake

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-25.8% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 13Growth 12Conversion 53Competition 61Returns 99Price range 54Avg price 84Brand share 56Review moat 75Quality gap 95

Returns

Incredible0.1%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Quality gap

Incredible4.0★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Avg price

Great€18.41

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Review moat

Great494.48

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

Good48%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Brand share

Good71%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Price range

Good€2.27–€29.66

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Conversion

Good4.4%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Market size

Bad€54K

€54K/yr · 67K searches

Growth

Bad-25.8%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Competition

The top 5 products take 48% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

71%

Open market

21%

  • THE PROTEIN WORKS23%
  • MORE NUTRITION17%
  • Bodylab2414%
  • RUF10%
  • Weider8%
  • IronMaxx7%

Product shelf

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%5%€3K10%€5K15%€8K20%€11K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 23 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -25.8% search growth over the last 90 days.
3K2KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Reviews

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Geschmack insgesamt43%

“Schmeckt”

Ernährungs Gehalt12%

“Super Pancake alternative mit Protein”

Geschmack6%

“mega lecker mit n chunky flavour drin”

Kochanleitung6%

“Easy Zubereitung und Top Nährwerte”

Benutzerfreundlichkeit4%

“Ist leicht zu machen”

Süße3%

“vor allem mit etwas süßem Aufstrich oder so.”

Brock/Klump/Sammlung3%

“Echt lecker wenn man noch Chunky flavor Vanille mit rein macht”

Backen3%

“Pfannkuchen”

Qualität insgesamt2%

“Top Produkt”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis2%

“Preisleistung stimmt”

What buyers complain about

Geschmack insgesamt20%

“schmeckt nicht”

Geschmack11%

“Spart Zeit, Geschmack 0”

Süße8%

“schmeckt nicht allzu süß”

Verdünnt/wässrig4%

“Bleiben in der Mitte fast flüssig”

Qualität insgesamt4%

“sehr enttäuschend im Vergleich zur früheren Qualität”

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis4%

“Geldverschwendung”

Ernährungs Gehalt4%

“Aber diese Pancakes sind so ziemlich die ekelhafteste Proteinpampe, die ich jemals gegessen habe”

Anleitung/Benutzerhandbuch/Fehlerbehebung2%

“sollte NICHT die Zubereitung lt. Anleitung gemacht werden”

Löslichkeit2%

“Löst sich nicht ordentlich und geschmacklich katastrophal”

Geruch2%

“Sehr intensiver typischer Geruch von Protein-geschwängerten Produkten”