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vegan protein powder

Worth a look

Shows a $13.8M/yr market, but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Market size 100Growth 24Conversion 79Competition 22Returns 100Price range 95Avg price 95Brand share 0Review moat 19Quality gap 63

Market size

Incredible$13.8M

$13.8M/yr · 6.1M searches

Returns

Incredible0.0%

return rate — above 6% kills the launch gate

Avg price

Incredible$28.36

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Incredible$18.84–$42.42

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

Conversion

Great8.0%

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

Quality gap

Good4.4★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Growth

Bad-1.5%

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

Competition

Bad74%

top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf

Review moat

Bad14,274.2

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Brand share

Bad100%

top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand

Competition

The top 5 products capture 74% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

601

Top-5 brand share

100%

Open market

0%

  • Orgain85%
  • Vega7%
  • OWYN Only What You Need3%
  • EarthChimp2%
  • Truvani2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

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%$1.4M20%$2.8M30%$4.2M40%$5.5M1001K10K100K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

All 15 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

Demand & seasonality

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -1.5% search growth over the last 90 days.
250K150KPrime Day '24Spike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Reviews

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

What buyers love

Taste-Overall24%

“Delicious smoothie”

Nutritional Content19%

“Good nutrition”

Flavor8%

“Amazing flavor”

Vegan/Organic6%

“Vegan protein amazing”

Quality-Overall5%

“Reliable product”

Solubility3%

“Mixes well”

Ingredients-Overall3%

“No garbage ingredients”

Blend/Ratio3%

“Very blendable”

Value For Money3%

“Great value”

Sweetness2%

“Sweet tasting”

What buyers complain about

Taste-Overall28%

“Chalky taste”

Flavor7%

“Absolutely disgusting flavor”

Nutritional Content6%

“doesnt even have lots of protein”

Texture/Consistency-Overall6%

“Texture is gritty”

Sweetness5%

“If excessive sweetness is an issue for you”

Value For Money4%

“Not worth it”

Artificial Sweeteners3%

“Artificial sweetener”

Solubility1%

“Does not dissolve”

Ingredients-Overall1%

“Product may contain harmful chemicals”

Allergies1%

“a bad reaction”

Top return reasons

Product Condition100%