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Butter

Maybe

Buyers 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
55 / 100
Top 14% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +9 vs the category median of 46
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.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£50K£99K£149K£198K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

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.

40K30KSpike '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Taste-Overall23%+0.22

Hardly any taste

Doesnt have the real buttery taste

Absolutely vile fishy taste

Salt Content14%+0.21

salty for me

imho has a very subtle salty taste

tastes a little bit salty

Size-Overall8%−0.04

large

Small

The only downside is the size change

Flavor8%−0.05

Quite flavourless

Hardly any taste

Prefer the Aldi version this tastes like marg not buttery enough

Value For Money7%+2.06

BUTTER IS MONEY

sadly the price is so high

Love

Taste-Overall37%+0.22

so tasty and moreish

Great taste

great taste as expected

Quality-Overall16%+0.43

Consistent quality over the years

Really good quality butter

Excellent product

Value For Money14%+2.06

Great price

Worth the money

Good value for money

Baking6%+0.30

Good for baking

Nice tasting butter, perfect for fresh bread and baking cakes

Good for toast and baking

Salt Content5%+0.21

Lovely, lightly salted butter

The quality of Morrisons salted Butter is very good I love it

Best salted butter

FAQ

Common Butter questions

Answered from the same tracked data.