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cookies and cream 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 64Growth 40Conversion 54Competition 74Returns 100Price range 94Avg price 95Brand share 79Review moat 32Quality gap 52

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Incredible$43.30

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$13.77–$91.67

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

Brand share

Great56%

top-5 brand share — no brand owns this niche

Competition

Good41%

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

Market size

Good$590K

$590K/yr · 306K searches

Conversion

Good4.5%

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

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Growth

Okay+12.3%

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

Review moat

Okay3,276.24

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

The top 5 products take 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

22 rising

Sellers

50

Top-5 brand share

56%

Open market

35%

  • GHOST14%
  • Dymatize12%
  • Isopure10%
  • Muscle Milk10%
  • Quest9%
  • Animal9%

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%$18K6%$35K9%$53K12%$71K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 37 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +12.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
35K25KPrime Day '24Spike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.5×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall30%

“AMAZING taste”

Nutritional Content18%

“Great protein powder”

Flavor13%

“I like the vanilla flavor”

Quality-Overall5%

“Solid quality overall”

Value For Money4%

“Good value for the money”

Solubility4%

“Dissolves easily”

Blend/Ratio3%

“Easy mixing”

Sweetness2%

“It has the perfect sweetness level”

Texture/Consistency-Overall1%

“great texture”

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%

“Just what I needed”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall25%

“Awful taste”

Flavor13%

“No flavor”

Value For Money7%

“TOO EXPENSIVE”

Nutritional Content6%

“Taste too protein”

Sweetness4%

“Its hard to drink because the amount of sweetness”

Texture/Consistency-Overall2%

“the texture is off”

Thickness2%

“Way too thick”

Smell2%

“Smells like chemicals”

Solubility2%

“Mixability is not great”

Ingredients-Overall1%

“more like cookies and chemicals”