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pea protein powder

Launch it

A $2.8M/yr market growing +3.4% this quarter with returns at 0.0% — clears our launch bar.

Market size 96Growth 29Conversion 77Competition 38Returns 100Price range 95Avg price 95Brand share 48Review moat 24Quality gap 80

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Market size

Incredible$2.8M

$2.8M/yr · 1.1M searches

Avg price

Incredible$34.92

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Incredible$16.46–$61.98

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

Quality gap

Great4.2★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Conversion

Great7.5%

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

Brand share

Okay76%

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

Competition

Okay62%

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

Growth

Okay+3.4%

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

Review moat

Bad6,508.18

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Competition

The top 5 products take 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

14 falling

Sellers

595

Top-5 brand share

76%

Open market

18%

  • NAKED43%
  • Anthony's13%
  • NOW Foods8%
  • 365 by Whole Foods Market6%
  • Orgain6%
  • FOLONA6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (8 brands, 18%)

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%10%$285K20%$569K30%$854K40%$1.1M1101001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 22 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +3.4% search growth over the last 90 days.
30K20KPrime Day '24Spike '25Prime 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

Nutritional Content22%

“excellent amount of protein”

Taste-Overall12%

“No odd taste”

Quality-Overall9%

“Best quality”

Flavor7%

“Excellent flavor”

Vegan/Organic6%

“I love that it is Organic”

Blend/Ratio5%

“Blends well”

Value For Money5%

“Good value for the money”

Solubility4%

“Mixes well with water”

Ingredients-Overall2%

“Clean straight forward ingredients”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“As advertised”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall28%

“Chalky taste”

Flavor8%

“Its unflavored”

Nutritional Content6%

“and I have a hard time believing the nutrition label was accurate”

Texture/Consistency-Overall5%

“very grainy texture”

Solubility3%

“didn't dissolve well”

Value For Money2%

“Waste of money”

Sweetness2%

“an odd chemical like sweetness too”

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%

“noticeably different”

Artificial Sweeteners1%

“lately one other brand has artificial SWEETENERS vanilla”

Quality-Overall1%

“control quality not so good”

Top return reasons

Salt Content100%