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Citric Acid Food Grade

Maybe

An estimated 0.0% of orders come back. But prices span $2.24–$10.41, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Citric Acid Food Grade is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 23% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£106K/yr94K searches / yr
90-day growth
+178.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 14 sellers

Flapen Score

Citric Acid Food Grade against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Citric Acid Food Grade is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Citric Acid Food Grade market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Citric Acid Food Grade 94K times last year and spent an estimated £106K. The top 5 brands take 82% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 17.9% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 94K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 17.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +178.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £106K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
94K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+178.8%
Conversion, latest week
17.9%
Market size, estimated
£106Ka year
Peak month
June5.5× the quietest month
Top search term
citric acid food grade77K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.34.

Listings sell for £6.34 on average, from £2.24 to £10.41. 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 £6.34 that is £5K to £6K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.34under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.24–£10.41
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
£5K–£6K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 68% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.6% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #84 within Baking Supplies. It carries 1,403 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
68%
Out of stock, average day
1.6%
Average rank
#84in Baking Supplies
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,403per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

2 of last year's 3 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

3 products launched here in the last 12 months. 2 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 77 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
77 months

Products

Top Citric Acid Food Grade products & what they sell for

The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.

Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

12 rising

Sellers

14

Est. top-5 brand share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

13%

  • Intralabs18%
  • Wholefood Earth17%
  • CHIQUO17%
  • AKSOY16%
  • BBB BAKING BEAUTY & BEYOND14%
  • Buy Whole Foods Online5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 13%)

Demand

Citric Acid Food Grade search demand

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

10K6KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun · busiest ÷ quietest = 5.5×

Search terms

Top Citric Acid Food Grade search terms shoppers use

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

  • citric acid food grade77K/yr
  • food grade citric acid11K/yr
  • citric acid for elderflower cordial5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Citric Acid Food Grade

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

22%of positive reviews mention “Ease Of Cleaning”
8%of negative reviews mention “Value For Money”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“too pricey”
A buyer, on “Value For Money”8% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

21 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Citric Acid Food Grade questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data