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Carbohydrate Powder

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 97% of clicks, so Carbohydrate Powder is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 23% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£377K/yr227K searches / yr
90-day growth
+3.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
58%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 27 sellers

Flapen Score

Carbohydrate Powder against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Carbohydrate Powder is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Carbohydrate Powder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Carbohydrate Powder 227K times last year and spent an estimated £377K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–May. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 227K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +3.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £377K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
227K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+3.4%
Conversion, latest week
8.8%
Market size, estimated
£377Ka year
Peak month
May4.7× the quietest month
Top search term
precision fuel88K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £18.99.

Listings sell for £18.99 on average, from £2.68 to £44.69. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £18.99 that is £14K to £19K a year per listing.

Average price
£18.99inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.68–£44.69
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£14K–£19K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

83% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 83% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #37 within Drink Mixes & Flavourings. It carries 390 reviews at 4.62 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
83%
Prime listings
83%
Out of stock, average day
3.7%
Average rank
#37in Drink Mixes & Flavourings
Average rating
4.62 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
390per listing
Listings tracked
23

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
60 months

Products

Top Carbohydrate Powder products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 58% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£38K£75K£113K£151K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

27

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

58%

Top 20: 96%

Open market

0%

  • Precision Hydration75%
  • Science in Sport12%
  • Applied Nutrition4%
  • Bulk3%
  • E-TAIL 24/73%
  • HIGH53%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Carbohydrate Powder search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

7K5KPrime Day '25Spike '25Spike '26MarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Apr, May · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.7×

Search terms

Top Carbohydrate Powder search terms shoppers use

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

  • precision fuel88K/yr
  • precision fuel and hydration21K/yr
  • carbohydrate powder14K/yr
  • carb powder12K/yr
  • carb mix6K/yr
  • carbohydrate drink8K/yr
  • carb drink8K/yr
  • sis electrolyte powder11K/yr
  • bulk hydration powder6K/yr
  • sis go electrolyte5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Carbohydrate Powder

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Taste-Overall21%−0.07

The mixed berry just tastes horrible

like a powdery medicine that knows it tastes bad

Awful taste

Flavor8%−0.02

If it is as it should be then avoid Berry flavour like the plague

Very mild flavor

Awful flavour

Value For Money7%+0.54

These are fairly expensive everwhere

quite pricey for what you get

Really didnt like & very expensive

Sweetness5%

Not sweet tasting. I like it

Super sickly sweet

At first, I found it a bit too sweet,

Ingredients-Overall5%−0.02

Absolutely disgusting and full of unhealthy ingredients

Love

Taste-Overall16%−0.07

they dont give a strange taste

no nasty after taste either

they are yummy

Quality-Overall14%+1.37

Good quality

Brilliant product

Great product

Value For Money8%+0.54

Worth the money

Great value

Good product and value

Flavor7%−0.02

Very nice flavour

What I particularly liked is the flavour is not overly strong

The citrus flavour is quite pleasing

Nutritional Content5%+0.32

Theyre also refreshing

Perfect carb

Their carb sweets are also really nice

Return

0.0% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

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FAQ

Common Carbohydrate Powder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.