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casein protein powder

Worth a look

Shows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 96Growth 24Conversion 60Competition 59Returns 100Price range 95Avg price 92Brand share 30Review moat 43Quality gap 60

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Market size

Incredible$2.8M

$2.8M/yr · 979K searches

Price range

Incredible$22.36–$99.33

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

Avg price

Great$54.59

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Conversion

Good5.1%

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

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Competition

Good49%

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

Review moat

Okay2,154.93

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Okay87%

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

Growth

Bad-1.6%

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

Competition

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

39

Top-5 brand share

87%

Open market

10%

  • Optimum Nutrition33%
  • Nutricost28%
  • NAKED16%
  • Levels Nutrition7%
  • BulkSupplements4%
  • It's Just!3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 10%)

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%3%$83K6%$165K9%$248K12%$330K101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 30 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -1.6% search growth over the last 90 days.
30K20KPrime Day '24Spike '24Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall26%

“Good taste”

Nutritional Content15%

“Great protein powder”

Flavor10%

“it also adds to the flavor”

Quality-Overall9%

“Excellent product”

Value For Money5%

“Worth it”

Blend/Ratio4%

“blends well,”

Solubility3%

“Simple to mix”

Sleep Quality2%

“Good for bedtime”

Muscle Pain Relief2%

“This stuff AAAA+ muscles stopped being so sore”

Ingredients-Overall2%

“clean in ingredients”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall20%

“Didnt taste good”

Texture/Consistency-Overall12%

“Weird texture”

Flavor7%

“The chocolate flavor is unacceptably weak”

Solubility5%

“Doesn't mix well”

Value For Money4%

“Total waste of money”

Sweetness4%

“Not overly sweet”

Nutritional Content3%

“this protein has been just awful”

Thickness3%

“Not thick”

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing2%

“Cant drink it”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“claiming that is not true”

Top return reasons

Ingredients-Overall100%