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Cacao Butter

soft demand (-24.8% this quarter) — Cacao Butter doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

49
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Top 39% of 2,481 Beauty niches · +2 vs the category median of 47

Market size 28Growth 13Conversion 67Competition 51Returns 100Price range 72Avg price 92Brand share 41Review moat 67Quality gap 32
This niche Category average · 2,481 niches

Is Cacao Butter profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cacao Butter is a £123K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (94K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Cacao Butter: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -24.8% over the last 90 days and 6.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£123K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr6K
Search volume / yr-24.8%94K
Conversion rate6.0%
Avg price£21.77

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 80% of demand, so 20% of the market is open.

20%

open market share

Brands · sellers11 · 14
Top-5 product click share54%
Open market20%
Avg brand age69 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.6★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 25 products

Sponsored placement52%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.6★
Avg reviews822

Top Cacao Butter 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 54% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£6K£12K£18K£25K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 falling

Sellers

14

Top-5 brand share

80%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

54%

Top 20: 94%

Open market

14%

  • Sevenhills Wholefoods27%
  • NutriCraft23%
  • The Soapery16%
  • freshskin beauty ltd8%
  • Nurifi7%
  • Valley of Tea6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 14%)

Cacao Butter demand & seasonality

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

Volume94KCVR6.0%Products25Brands11Top 5 Brands80%OOS Rate12.3%Rating4.6★Reviews822Avg BSR#126
3K2KSpike '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Cacao Butter search terms shoppers use

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

  • cacao butter35K/yr
  • cocoa butter food13K/yr
  • organic cocoa butter6K/yr
  • cacao butter for baking7K/yr
  • cocoa butter for baking4K/yr
  • raw cocoa butter5K/yr
  • cocoa butter raw8K/yr
  • pure cocoa butter4K/yr
  • organic cacao butter4K/yr
  • cocoa butter food grade4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cacao Butter

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

What buyers love

77% of reviews
Quality-Overall25%

Product appeared fresh in quality

Taste-Overall10%

Great taste

Smell9%

smells so good

Moist/Dry5%

skin moisturiser easy

Baking5%

Perfect for baking

What buyers complain about

50% of reviews
Value For Money17%

Poor value for what you get

Smell12%

smells mildly chocolatey

Oily/Greasy6%

left my hair super greasy with a horrible residue

Hard Feel5%

The big chunks are hard

Color3%

The butter seems more yellow than before

Cacao Butter return rate & reasons

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

0.0%

Return rate

8%

Fixable by listing

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

1Smell
32%
2Texture/Consistency-Overall
13%
3Moist/Dry
11%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
8%
5Storage Temperature
8%

Common Cacao Butter questions

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

Flapen scores Cacao Butter 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £123K/yr across 25 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -24.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Cacao Butter on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.