cream cheese
Worth a lookShows low returns (0.0%), but soft demand (-7.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Incredible79.3avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Conversion
Great8.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Avg price
Good$14.79avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Good45%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Price range
Good$5.37–$29.12cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Market size
Okay$123K$123K/yr · 96K searches
Quality gap
Okay4.6★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Brand share
Bad91%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Growth
Bad-7.3%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
According to Flapen's Amazon United Arab Emirates niche tracking, cream cheese is a $123K/yr Amazon United Arab Emirates market (96K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 91% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 52/100.
Data updated Jul 23, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
cream cheese market data
- Units sold / yr
- 10K–13K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- $148K–$185K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 8.7%
- Avg BSR
- #53
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 0%
- Out of stock
- 3.5%
- Avg brand age
- 55 months
- Avg seller age
- 0 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
10 flat
Sellers
13
Top-5 brand share
91%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
45%
Top 20: 88%
Open market
4%
- Philadelphia37%
- PUCK26%
- Almarai17%
- Al Rawabi7%
- Generic5%
- Pınar4%
- Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 4%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -7.3% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top cream cheese search terms
- cream cheese61K/yr
- philadelphia cream cheese17K/yr
- cheese spread13K/yr
- philadelphia5K/yr
Top cream cheese products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Philadelphia Cheese Spread Original 280g
Philadelphia$13.804.7★497 rev
Puck Cream Cheese Spread 300 g
PUCK$12.824.9★34 rev
Philadelphia Cheese Spread Original 180g
Philadelphia$8.924.6★117 rev
Philadelphia Cheese Spread Original 500g
Philadelphia$22.954.8★45 rev
Almarai Spreadable Cream Cheese Full Fat 200g
Almarai$8.724.5★35 rev
Newest
by launch date
Pinar Premium Spreadable Processed Cream Cheese 500g Pack of 2
Pınar$18.2743 rev
Al Rawabi Cream Cheese Spread 500 g Pack of 2 UAE
Al Rawabi$9.8335 rev
Puck Cream Cheese Squares 12 Pcs
PUCK$8.9458 rev
Almarai Marvello Classic Cream Cheese 200 g
Generic$11.197 rev
Al Ain Farms Cream Cheese Value Pack 2 x 500 g
Generic$21.8018 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumAlmarai Marvello Classic Cream Cheese 200 g
Generic$11.194.7★
Al Ain Farms Cream Cheese 240 g
Al Ain$8.864.8★
Al Rawabi Cream Cheese Spread 500 g Pack of 2 UAE
Al Rawabi$9.834.6★
Almarai Blue Processed Cream Cheese Jar 2 X 500 G
Almarai$21.994.4★
Philadelphia Cheese Spread Original 500g
Philadelphia$22.954.8★
What buyers say about cream cheese
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Real good taste”
“Good deal”
“Price and quality perfect”
“Always great cheese”
“Great for baking”
What buyers complain about
“small”
“the smell was also horrible”
“One of them was very bad although it hadnt expired”
Common questions
- Is cream cheese profitable to sell on Amazon United Arab Emirates?
- The niche generates $123K/yr across 33 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -7.3%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (52/100).
- How competitive is the cream cheese niche?
- 10 brands and 13 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 45% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 91% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in cream cheese?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: الحجم الكلي, يشم, فاسد/فاسد/فاسد. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for cream cheese peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the cream cheese niche?
- Listings span $5.37–$29.12; the average listing price is $14.79 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 79 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.