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meal replacement shake

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 23Conversion 61Competition 55Returns 100Price range 89Avg price 95Brand share 18Review moat 23Quality gap 48

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Market size

Incredible$3.4M

$3.4M/yr · 2.1M searches

Avg price

Incredible$29.25

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great$9.72–$76.80

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

Conversion

Good5.4%

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

Competition

Good52%

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

Quality gap

Okay4.5★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Growth

Bad-5.0%

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

Review moat

Bad7,996.21

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Bad93%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products take 52% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

583

Top-5 brand share

93%

Open market

6%

  • SlimFast84%
  • Garden of Life3%
  • Premier Protein2%
  • Animal2%
  • Ka'Chava2%
  • REDCON12%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 6%)

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%4%$134K8%$268K12%$403K16%$537K101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 34 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -5.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
100K60KPrime Day '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall34%

“Great tasting shakes”

Nutritional Content17%

“Great protein powder”

Flavor10%

“I was very pleased with the Vanilla flavor”

Quality-Overall6%

“Excellent Product”

Value For Money5%

“Best value”

Ease Of Use2%

“easier to handle”

Blend/Ratio2%

“It blends very easily”

Solubility2%

“Easy to mix”

Sweetness1%

“has a smooth chocolate flavor that tastes good without being overly sweet”

Advertised Vs Actual Product1%

“As advertised”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall26%

“Gritty taste”

Flavor6%

“The flavor is gross to me”

Value For Money6%

“To expensive”

Nutritional Content6%

“We do not eat very good”

Texture/Consistency-Overall3%

“Gross texture”

Sweetness3%

“It's got too much sugar”

Ingredients-Overall3%

“Harmful ingredients”

Artificial Sweeteners2%

“It is very artificially sweetened tasting”

Dilute/Watery2%

“Very watery”

Solubility2%

“It does not dissolve”

Top return reasons

Size-Overall67%
Functionality-Overall33%