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Mac and Cheese

Fail

The top 5 products take 86% of clicks, so Mac and Cheese is a Fail.

Flapen Score
39
39 / 100
Ranks 1,078 of 1,367 Lebensmittel & Getränke niches · −7 vs the category median of 46
Market size
€71K/yr65K searches / yr
90-day growth
-11.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
86%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 26 sellers

Flapen Score

Mac and Cheese against its category

The dotted line is the Lebensmittel & Getränke average. Past it, Mac and Cheese is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

39Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Mac and Cheese market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon Germany searched for Mac and Cheese 65K times last year and spent an estimated €71K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Oct–Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 39 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 6.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 65K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon Germany for this niche's terms. An estimated 6.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -11.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated €71K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
65K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-11.5%
Conversion, latest week
6.0%
Market size, estimated
€71Ka year
Peak month
November2.4× the quietest month
Top search term
mac and cheese32K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth €18.04.

Listings sell for €18.04 on average, from €1.04 to €32.80. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 4K to 5K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At €18.04 that is €5K to €9K a year per listing.

Average price
€18.04inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
€1.04–€32.80
Amazon Germany median price
€18.99across 29,809 niches
Units sold a year
4K–5K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
€5K–€9K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon Germany median 1.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

30% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 80% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #261 within Fertiggerichte. It carries 2,431 reviews at 4.47 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
30%
Prime listings
80%
Out of stock, average day
0.7%
Average rank
#261in Fertiggerichte
Average rating
4.47 starsAmazon Germany average 4.37 stars
Average reviews
2,431per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top Mac and Cheese products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 86% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

8 rising

Sellers

26

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • Brand 162%
  • Brand 212%
  • Brand 310%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 54%
  • Brand 63%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Mac and Cheese search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

4K3KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Oct, Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Search terms

Top Mac and Cheese search terms shoppers use

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

  • mac and cheese32K/yr
  • kraft mac and cheese13K/yr
  • mac n cheese10K/yr
  • macaroni and cheese6K/yr
  • mac and cheese kraft5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mac and Cheese

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

56%of positive reviews mention “Geschmack insgesamt”
47%of negative reviews mention “Geschmack insgesamt”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“Schmeckt mir nicht”
A buyer, on “Geschmack insgesamt”47% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

11 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Mac and Cheese questions

Answered from the same tracked data.