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Nutella

soft demand (-11.8% this quarter) — Nutella doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Top 36% of 1,367 Lebensmittel & Getränke niches · +2 vs the category median of 46

Market size 66Growth 19Conversion 82Competition 24Returns 100Price range 51Avg price 25Brand share 33Review moat 39Quality gap 50
This niche Category average · 1,367 niches

Is Nutella profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon Germany niche tracking, Nutella is a €643K/yr Amazon Germany market (837K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Nutella: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -11.8% over the last 90 days and 8.6% of searches end in a purchase.

€643K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr-11.8%837K
Conversion rate8.6%
Avg price€8.91

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 85% of demand, so 15% of the market is open.

15%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 77
Top-5 product click share72%
Open market15%
Avg brand age46 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 · 17 products

Sponsored placement47%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,610

Top Nutella 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 capture 72% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

€0€64K€129K€193K€257K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 flat

Sellers

77

Top-5 brand share

85%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

12%

  • Nutella69%
  • HUKUMA5%
  • Ferrero5%
  • usy4%
  • WMF3%
  • your surprise3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 12%)

Nutella demand & seasonality

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

Volume837KCVR8.6%Products17Brands11Top 5 Brands85%OOS Rate5.8%Rating4.5★Reviews2,610Avg BSR#126
40K30KSpike '24Black Friday '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Top Nutella search terms shoppers use

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

  • nutella615K/yr
  • nutella peanut30K/yr
  • nutella geschenke121K/yr
  • nutella 1kg30K/yr
  • nutella angebot13K/yr
  • nutella geschenk10K/yr
  • nutella glas6K/yr
  • nutella 750g4K/yr
  • nutella eis3K/yr
  • nutela3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nutella

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Geschmack insgesamt47%

Nutella schmeckt immer

Qualität insgesamt11%

Super Ware

Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis6%

super Preis

Geschenk Zweck5%

Wird ein Geschenk

Geschmack5%

Super lecker

What buyers complain about

78% of reviews
Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis22%

Dafür sind die dann echt zu teuer

Geschmack insgesamt16%

Schmeckt eigentlich nur noch nach Zuckercreme, braun eingefärbt

Qualität insgesamt10%

mindere Qualität

Geschmack8%

kein Haselnussgeschmack

beworben Vs Tatsächliches Produkt7%

Fake-Foto

Nutella return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Qualität insgesamt
20%
2Produktzustand
20%
3Gesamtgröße
20%
4Geschenk Zweck
20%
5Defekt Material/Teile
20%

Common Nutella questions

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

Flapen scores Nutella 48/100 on Amazon Germany — Skip it. The niche generates €643K/yr across 17 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -11.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Nutella on Amazon Germany peaks in Nov–Dec, where the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.