Boiled Sweets
Boiled Sweets shows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.
Flapen Score
Is Boiled Sweets profitable on Amazon?
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Boiled Sweets is a £157K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (293K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 56% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 59/100.
Boiled Sweets: the Amazon niche in one read
Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.
Is the demand real?
Worth a look. Search demand moved -7.1% over the last 90 days and 6.7% of searches end in a purchase.
£157K
revenue / yr
Who owns the niche?
The top 5 brands hold 56% of demand, so 44% of the market is open.
44%
open market share
Is there a way in?
Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.2★ — the gap to enter on.
0/100
page quality · 41 products
Top Boiled Sweets products & what they sell for
Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Assorted Boiled Sweets - Wrapped Boiled Sweets Mix Selection - 1 Kilo Bulk Bag - 1KG - Assorted Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing.
- Price
- £11.59
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 401
- Age
- 2y ago
MyCandyShop Boiled Sweets Assortment 500g - Rhubarb and Custard Aniseed Twists Mint Humbugs Fruit Drops & Blackcurrant Liquorice - Individually Wrapped Old School Retro Sweets
- Price
- £6.72
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 45
- Age
- 4mo ago
The Boiled Sweet Company Fruit Drops 1Kg - Traditional Individually Wrapped Boiled Sweets - Fruity Flavours - Pick and Mix Boiled Sweets Share Size Bags - A Great Sweet Gift Idea
- Price
- £8.13
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 146
- Age
- 4y ago
BG 500g Assorted Hardboiled Mixed Wrapped Old Fashioned Fruit Chewy Centre Sweet Shop Candies Retro Pick & Mix Sweets - Boiled Sweets Assortment 500g
- Price
- £6.64
- Rating
- 3.4/5
- Reviews
- 28
- Age
- 6mo ago
Swizzels Crystal Fruits Flavour Sweets Bag 3kg Bulk Bag
- Price
- £13.69
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 284
- Age
- 15y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Boiled Sweets Variety Box (400g) | Luxury Assortment of Traditional British Boiled Sweets | Sherbet Lemon Chocolate Lime Rhubarb & Custard & More | Individually Wrapped Retro Sweets Made in the UK
- Price
- £6.01
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 5
- Age
- 2mo ago
MyCandyShop Boiled Sweets Assortment 500g - Rhubarb and Custard Aniseed Twists Mint Humbugs Fruit Drops & Blackcurrant Liquorice - Individually Wrapped Old School Retro Sweets
- Price
- £6.72
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 45
- Age
- 4mo ago
by Amazon Mint Humbugs 200g
- Price
- £1.13
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 75
- Age
- 3mo ago
Fruit Drops - 1KG Bulk Bag - Fruit Drop Sweets - The Sweet Jar Co.
- Price
- £8.91
- Rating
- 4.9/5
- Reviews
- 11
- Age
- 11mo ago
Rosy Apples Traditional Sweets 200g Retro Hard Boiled Apple Sweets Clear Pillow Pack Perfect for Sharing & Movie Nights
- Price
- £3.38
- Rating
- 3.7/5
- Reviews
- 11
- Age
- 1y ago
Newest
by launch dateBoiled Sweets Variety Box (400g) | Luxury Assortment of Traditional British Boiled Sweets | Sherbet Lemon Chocolate Lime Rhubarb & Custard & More | Individually Wrapped Retro Sweets Made in the UK
- Price
- £6.01
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 5
- Age
- 2mo ago
by Amazon Mint Humbugs 200g
- Price
- £1.13
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 75
- Age
- 3mo ago
MyCandyShop Boiled Sweets Assortment 500g - Rhubarb and Custard Aniseed Twists Mint Humbugs Fruit Drops & Blackcurrant Liquorice - Individually Wrapped Old School Retro Sweets
- Price
- £6.72
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 45
- Age
- 4mo ago
BG 500g Assorted Hardboiled Mixed Wrapped Old Fashioned Fruit Chewy Centre Sweet Shop Candies Retro Pick & Mix Sweets - Boiled Sweets Assortment 500g
- Price
- £6.64
- Rating
- 3.4/5
- Reviews
- 28
- Age
- 6mo ago
BG 500g Chocolate Fruits Hardboiled Wrapped Old Fashioned Choc Centre Sweet Shop Candies Retro Pick & Mix Sweets - Boiled Sweets Chocolate Fruits 500g
- Price
- £6.64
- Rating
- 3.8/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 6mo ago
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
Clicks spread well past the top 5 (38% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.
Brands
24 rising
Sellers
52
Top-5 brand share
56%
Top 20: 97%
Top-5 click share
38%
Top 20: 81%
Open market
37%
- Berrymans18%
- Swizzels13%
- Bargain Gateway9%
- The Boiled Sweet Company9%
- MyCandyShop7%
- Krazy Kandi7%
Boiled Sweets demand & seasonality
Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Top Boiled Sweets search terms shoppers use
The exact queries shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth and conversion.
- boiled sweets158K/yr
- hard boiled sweets60K/yr
- hard sweets20K/yr
- boiled sweets wrapped15K/yr
- boiled & hard sweets11K/yr
- sweets boiled7K/yr
- hard boiled sweets bulk4K/yr
- fruit sweets boiled5K/yr
- boiled fruit sweets5K/yr
- boiled sweets 1kg4K/yr
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Boiled Sweets
What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.
What buyers love
90% of reviews“Sweet enough”
“Lovely fruity taste”
“really strong flavour”
“well worth it”
“Good variety”
What buyers complain about
66% of reviews“It is about 200 times sweeter than sugar”
“Taste strange”
“No flavour”
“Waste of money”
“Not good mix”
Common Boiled Sweets questions
The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.
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