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Black Garlic

soft demand (-20.5% this quarter) — Black Garlic doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

46
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Market size 18Growth 15Conversion 86Competition 39Returns 100Price range 31Avg price 45Brand share 47Review moat 75Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Black Garlic profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Black Garlic is a £72K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (65K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 46/100.

Black Garlic: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -20.5% over the last 90 days and 9.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£72K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr8K
Search volume / yr-20.5%65K
Conversion rate9.8%
Avg price£11.37

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 77% of demand, so 23% of the market is open.

23%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 29
Top-5 product click share62%
Open market23%
Avg brand age53 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 · 14 products

Sponsored placement86%
New entrants (1y)2· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews508

Top Black Garlic 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 62% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£7K£11K£14K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 flat

Sellers

29

Top-5 brand share

77%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • The Original Black41%
  • NEW LEAF PRODUCTS10%
  • MQUPIN9%
  • ALPHA019%
  • WeightWorld9%
  • ONETANG8%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 15%)

Black Garlic demand & seasonality

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

Volume65KCVR9.8%Products14Brands10Top 5 Brands77%OOS Rate9.6%Rating4.5★Reviews508Avg BSR#81
2K1KHoliday '24Spike '25Holiday '25DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Black Garlic search terms shoppers use

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

  • black garlic55K/yr
  • black garlic cloves5K/yr
  • fermented garlic4K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Black Garlic

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

What buyers love

67% of reviews
Quality-Overall18%

Excellent product

Value For Money11%

Good Value

Taste-Overall11%

Absolutely delicious and addictive

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing8%

not difficult to swallow with water and are odourless and create no indigestion which are major plus points

Ease Of Use4%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

46% of reviews
Taste-Overall13%

doesnt taste of anything

Smell9%

Overwhelming stench of garlic

Blood Pressure7%

But just after a week seems lowering my blood pressure

Value For Money5%

is expensive

Dosage4%

Description says 250mg, that is 250mg allium sativum in two tablets, not one

Common Black Garlic questions

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

Flapen scores Black Garlic 46/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £72K/yr across 14 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -20.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Black Garlic on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.