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Instant Kaffee

Instant Kaffee shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look

Top 11% of 1,367 Lebensmittel & Getränke niches · +10 vs the category median of 46

Market size 57Growth 28Conversion 61Competition 71Returns 100Price range 79Avg price 71Brand share 11Review moat 71Quality gap 40
This niche Category average · 1,367 niches

Is Instant Kaffee profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Instant Kaffee is a €441K/yr Amazon Germany market (578K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Instant Kaffee: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +2.5% over the last 90 days and 5.3% of searches end in a purchase.

€441K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr+2.5%578K
Conversion rate5.3%
Avg price€14.52

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

4%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 60
Top-5 product click share42%
Open market4%
Avg brand age75 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 35 products

Sponsored placement46%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews665

Top Instant Kaffee products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 42% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

€0€18K€35K€53K€71K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

60

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

42%

Top 20: 84%

Open market

3%

  • NESCAFÉ49%
  • by Amazon25%
  • Jacobs16%
  • Melitta3%
  • STARBUCKS2%
  • KRÜGER2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 3%)

Instant Kaffee demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume578KCVR5.3%Products35Brands9Top 5 Brands96%OOS Rate0.2%Rating4.5★Reviews665Avg BSR#88
15K10KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Instant Kaffee search terms shoppers use

The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.

  • instant kaffee146K/yr
  • löslicher kaffee105K/yr
  • nescafe gold86K/yr
  • instant coffee26K/yr
  • nescafe classic19K/yr
  • kaffee löslich27K/yr
  • jacobs26K/yr
  • instantkaffee20K/yr
  • jacobs kaffee40K/yr
  • nescafe crema13K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Instant Kaffee

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Geschmack insgesamt44%

Für mich der beste Instant - Kaffee

Geschmack11%

Super Geschmack

Koffeingehalt11%

Bestens für ice Coffee geeignet

Qualität insgesamt8%

Super Produkt

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis7%

Preis, Leistung voll ok

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews
Geschmack insgesamt27%

Schmeckt nicht

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis14%

aber in der Preisklasse bessere Anbieter.

Geschmack7%

Schlechter Geschmack

Bitter6%

Bitter

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt5%

Irreführend

Common Instant Kaffee questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Instant Kaffee 56/100 on Amazon Germany — Worth a look. The niche generates €441K/yr across 35 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +2.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Instant Kaffee on Amazon Germany is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.