Butter
MaybeBuyers convert on 25.8% of searches. But prices span $1.36–$6.14, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Butter is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 55 / 100Top 14% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +9 vs the category median of 4655
- Market size
- £1.2M/yr1.7M searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -10.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 46%top-5 click share · 15 brands · 37 sellers
Flapen Score
Butter against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Butter is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Butter market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Butter 1.7M times last year and spent an estimated £1.2M. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
25.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 1.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 25.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.2M a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 1.7M
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -10.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 25.8%
- Market size, estimated
- £1.2Ma year
- Peak month
- November1.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- butter1.3M searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £2.83.
Listings sell for £2.83 on average, from £1.36 to £6.14. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 400K to 500K a year. The average listing sells 12,500 to 15,000 of them. At £2.83 that is £35K to £42K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £2.83under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £1.36–£6.14
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 400K–500K
- Units per listing a year
- 12,500–15,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £35K–£42K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
0% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #34 within Fresh & Chilled. It carries 730 reviews at 4.63 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 0%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.2%
- Average rank
- #34in Fresh & Chilled
- Average rating
- 4.63 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 730per listing
- Listings tracked
- 29
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 5 of last year's 5 launches as successful.
5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 5 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 5
- Successful launches
- 5Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 61 months
Products
Top Butter products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Lurpak Slightly Salted Spreadable Blend of Butter and Rapeseed Oil 400 g
- Price
- £3.82
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 2,045
- Age
- 3y ago

Morrisons Salted British Butter 250g
- Price
- £2.12
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 2,217
- Age
- 6y ago

Country Life Salted Block Butter 200g
- Price
- £2.03
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 741
- Age
- 1y ago

Lurpak Slightly Salted Spreadable Blend of Butter and Rapeseed Oil 750 g
- Price
- £6.14
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 1,214
- Age
- 5y ago

Kerrygold Salted Pure Irish Butter 200g
- Price
- £2.40
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 214
- Age
- 11mo ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Country Life Salted Block Butter 200g
- Price
- £2.03
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 741
- Age
- 1y ago

Morrisons Pefectly Buttery 500g
- Price
- £1.36
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 73
- Age
- 10mo ago

Flora Buttery 450g
- Price
- £2.45
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 84
- Age
- 2y ago

Morrisons British Salted Spreadable Butter 500g
- Price
- £2.34
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 183
- Age
- 12mo ago

Morrisons Reduced Fat Spreadable 500g
- Price
- £2.35
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 55
- Age
- 12mo ago
Newest
by launch date
Morrisons Pefectly Buttery 500g
- Price
- £1.36
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 73
- Age
- 10mo ago

Kerrygold Salted Pure Irish Butter 200g
- Price
- £2.40
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 214
- Age
- 11mo ago

Morrisons British Salted Spreadable Butter 500g
- Price
- £2.34
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 183
- Age
- 12mo ago

Morrisons Reduced Fat Spreadable 500g
- Price
- £2.35
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 55
- Age
- 12mo ago

Kerrygold Spreadable 400g
- Price
- £3.81
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 43
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
15 rising
Sellers
37
Top-5 brand share
81%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
46%
Top 20: 91%
Open market
12%
- Morrisons31%
- Lurpak28%
- kerrygold8%
- by Amazon7%
- Country Life7%
- Anchor7%
- Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 12%)
Demand
Butter search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Search terms
Top Butter search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- butter1.3M/yr
- lurpak85K/yr
- lurpak butter45K/yr
- salted butter49K/yr
- kerrygold butter46K/yr
- lurpak butter spreadable47K/yr
- organic butter17K/yr
- butter salted13K/yr
- lurpack7K/yr
- kerrygold13K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Butter
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Hardly any taste
Doesnt have the real buttery taste
Absolutely vile fishy taste
salty for me
imho has a very subtle salty taste
tastes a little bit salty
large
Small
The only downside is the size change
Quite flavourless
Hardly any taste
Prefer the Aldi version this tastes like marg not buttery enough
BUTTER IS MONEY
sadly the price is so high
Love
so tasty and moreish
Great taste
great taste as expected
Consistent quality over the years
Really good quality butter
Excellent product
Great price
Worth the money
Good value for money
Good for baking
Nice tasting butter, perfect for fresh bread and baking cakes
Good for toast and baking
Lovely, lightly salted butter
The quality of Morrisons salted Butter is very good I love it
Best salted butter
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