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Baby Milk

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Baby Milk is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
60
60 / 100
Top 6% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +14 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£4.0M/yr2.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-33.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
30%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Baby Milk against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Baby Milk is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

60Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Baby Milk market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Baby Milk 2.3M times last year and spent an estimated £4.0M. All 5 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Flapen scores it 60 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -33.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £4.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-33.7%
Conversion, latest week
6.5%
Market size, estimated
£4.0Ma year
Peak month
February1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
kendamil first infant milk385K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £26.62.

Listings sell for £26.62 on average, from £1.32 to £89.25. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £26.62 that is £80K to £106K a year per listing.

Average price
£26.62inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.32–£89.25
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
3,000–4,000
Revenue per listing a year
£80K–£106K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

24% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 80% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #57 within Baby Foods. It carries 452 reviews at 4.68 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
24%
Prime listings
80%
Out of stock, average day
5.8%
Average rank
#57in Baby Foods
Average rating
4.68 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
452per listing
Listings tracked
54

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 9 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 9 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 46 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
9Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
46 months

Products

Top Baby Milk products & what they sell for

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take only 30% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£119K£238K£357K£477K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 71%

Open market

0%

  • Aptamil40%
  • Kendamil33%
  • Cow & Gate19%
  • HiPP6%
  • KENDAMIL3%

Demand

Baby Milk search demand

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

80K60KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Baby Milk search terms shoppers use

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

  • kendamil first infant milk385K/yr
  • aptamil 1 first infant milk193K/yr
  • kendamil172K/yr
  • cow and gate first infant milk330K/yr
  • baby formula96K/yr
  • hipp organic milk 1118K/yr
  • aptamil 1242K/yr
  • kendamil first infant milk ready to feed69K/yr
  • aptamil 2111K/yr
  • baby milk90K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Baby Milk

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Value For Money25%−0.01

Completely Unacceptable for a high value

Not the cheapest way to buy formula

Price hike

Chunk/Clump/Collection8%−0.04

curdled and clumpy

Came curdled with lumps in all of them

Dont buy clumpy

Quality-Overall8%+0.57

Terrible quality

are now no good

Ease Of Use6%+0.24

made it difficult to retrieve

Product unfit for use

Smell6%−0.02

The mixture is weird and dark and smells awful

smell was awful compared to Aptamil brought from the supermarket that went off next year

there was a horrible sour smell

Love

Value For Money26%−0.01

Great value

Worth the buy

Cant beat the price

Quality-Overall22%+0.57

Great quality milk

Quality Milk

Excellent quality

Ease Of Use12%+0.24

Very convenient

The bottles are really easy to use

Easy to prepare

Advertised Vs Actual Product11%+1.41

As described

Does what it says

Buy as required

Nutritional Content5%+0.56

Nutrient filled

Both are happy and healthy

My baby loves this formula

Return

0.1% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Durability31%
Leak-Proof23%▁▆█▁▁▁
Compatibility-Overall15%▁█▁▁▁▁
Functionality-Overall15%▁▃█▁▁▁
Comfort-Overall8%▁█▁▁▁▁

FAQ

Common Baby Milk questions

Answered from the same tracked data.