black jacks and fruit salad sweets
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($3.34–$11.34) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Incredible16.0%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Great4.3★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Great461.4avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Avg price
Bad£8.59avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Bad-8.1%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Competition
Bad84%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Market size
Bad£39K£39K/yr · 29K searches
Brand share
Bad98%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad£3.34–£11.34cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, black jacks and fruit salad sweets is a £39K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (29K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 40/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
black jacks and fruit salad sweets market data
- Units sold / yr
- 3K–4K
- avg 250–500/product
- Revenue / yr
- £26K–£34K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 16.0%
- Avg BSR
- #8
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 90%
- Sponsored
- 80%
- Out of stock
- 7.7%
- Avg brand age
- 42 months
- Avg seller age
- 191 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 84% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
6 flat
Sellers
21
Top-5 brand share
98%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
84%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
0%
- Berrymans31%
- Barratts28%
- Bentley & Ackerman28%
- Caribou Candy10%
- GROBITS2%
- HCO2%
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 30 weeks — -8.1% search growth over the last 90 days.Top black jacks and fruit salad sweets search terms
- fruit salad and black jacks sweets14K/yr
- black jacks and fruit salad sweets12K/yr
- blackjacks and fruit salads 3kg3K/yr
Top black jacks and fruit salad sweets products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 10 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Fruit Salad and Black Jacks Chews 1 Kilo Bag
Barratts£8.624.6★3,675 rev
Berrymans Fruit Salad and Black Jacks Sweets - 1 Kilo Bulk Bag - 1KG - Assorted Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing.
Berrymans£11.344.6★239 rev
Fruit Salad and Black Jacks sweets - 1kg - Original Retro Fruit Salad Black and Jacks Chews Assorted Pick and Mix for Sharing Gifts and Parties 1kg Bulk Bag. From Bentley & Ackerman Sweet Shop.
Bentley & Ackerman£10.284.5★124 rev
Fruit Salad and Black Jacks Sweets 500 Gram Bulk Bag 500g Assorted Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing.
Berrymans£8.374.6★335 rev
Fruit Salad & Black Jacks Sweets - (535g) Original Retro Fruit Salad & Black Jacks Sweets Gift Jar By Bentley & Ackermans Sweet Shop.
Bentley & Ackerman£10.794.3★165 rev
Newest
by launch date
Black Jacks & Fruit Salad Retro Sweets Assorted Chewy Candy Pick and Mix 500g Bulk Bag for Parties Gifts & Sharing
HCO£8.120 rev
Black Jack & Fruit Salad Chews Mix 175g Pillow Pack Individually Wrapped Retro Sweets Classic Aniseed & Fruity Chewy Pick n Mix Sweets for Sharing Parties & Gifts
Caribou Candy£3.348 rev
Black Jack & Fruit Salad Chews Mix 350g Pillow Pack Individually Wrapped Retro Sweets Classic Aniseed & Fruity Chewy Pick n Mix Sweets for Sharing Parties & Gifts (350g Mixed)
Caribou Candy£5.958 rev
GROBITS - Fruit Salad & Black Jacks Retro Sweets Gift Jar (535g) Original Fruit Salad & Black Jacks Pick & Mix Traditional British Sweets Sharing Jar for Birthday Fathers Day & Gift Giving
GROBITS£10.893 rev
Fruit Salad and Black Jacks sweets - 1kg - Original Retro Fruit Salad Black and Jacks Chews Assorted Pick and Mix for Sharing Gifts and Parties 1kg Bulk Bag. From Bentley & Ackerman Sweet Shop.
Bentley & Ackerman£10.28124 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumBlack Jack & Fruit Salad Chews Mix 350g Pillow Pack Individually Wrapped Retro Sweets Classic Aniseed & Fruity Chewy Pick n Mix Sweets for Sharing Parties & Gifts (350g Mixed)
Caribou Candy£5.953.9★
GROBITS - Fruit Salad & Black Jacks Retro Sweets Gift Jar (535g) Original Fruit Salad & Black Jacks Pick & Mix Traditional British Sweets Sharing Jar for Birthday Fathers Day & Gift Giving
GROBITS£10.893.5★
Black Jack & Fruit Salad Chews Mix 175g Pillow Pack Individually Wrapped Retro Sweets Classic Aniseed & Fruity Chewy Pick n Mix Sweets for Sharing Parties & Gifts
Caribou Candy£3.343.9★
Black Jacks & Fruit Salad Retro Sweets Assorted Chewy Candy Pick and Mix 500g Bulk Bag for Parties Gifts & Sharing
HCO£8.120.0★
Fruit Salad and Black Jacks sweets - 1kg - Original Retro Fruit Salad Black and Jacks Chews Assorted Pick and Mix for Sharing Gifts and Parties 1kg Bulk Bag. From Bentley & Ackerman Sweet Shop.
Bentley & Ackerman£10.284.5★
What buyers say about black jacks and fruit salad sweets
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Absolutely delicious”
“The sweets are very tasty”
“Tasty Tasty Chews”
“Great deal”
“As described”
“Good quality”
“Same flavour, taste, chew, and consistency”
“97 Black Jacks so a perfect mix”
“Nice and soft, very chewy”
What buyers complain about
“These sweets are not good”
“A little expensive”
“bag looks much bigger”
“Not a 50/50 mix”
“Again not what you got poor quality”
“Feel ripped off, small jar”
“Not the same taste as childhood ones”
“However, the black jacks were soggy and to be honest we felt they were like old stock”
“the texture was wrong”
“Stuck together in a big lump”
Common questions
- Is black jacks and fruit salad sweets profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £39K/yr across 10 tracked products. 0 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -8.1%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (40/100).
- How competitive is the black jacks and fruit salad sweets niche?
- 6 brands and 21 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 84% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 98% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in black jacks and fruit salad sweets?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Sweetness, Value For Money, Size-Overall. The return rate is 0.0%.
- What does it cost to enter the black jacks and fruit salad sweets niche?
- Listings span £3.34–£11.34; the average listing price is £8.59 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 461 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.