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Cocoa Powder

Pass

Cocoa Powder scores 66 out of 100, a Pass. Shoppers spend $1.7M a year here, demand is soft, at -32.9% this quarter, and returns run at 0.1% of orders.

Flapen Score
66
66 / 100
Top 2% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +20 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£1.7M/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-32.9%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 25 brands · 82 sellers

Flapen Score

Cocoa Powder against its category

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

66Pass
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Cocoa Powder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Cocoa Powder 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated £1.7M. The top 5 brands take 53% of clicks. Demand peaks in Feb. Flapen scores it 66 out of 100, a Pass.

01 · Demand

9.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -32.9% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-32.9%
Conversion, latest week
9.8%
Market size, estimated
£1.7Ma year
Peak month
February2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
cocoa powder394K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.70.

Listings sell for £13.70 on average, from £3.17 to £28.93. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 1,500 to 2,000 of them. At £13.70 that is £21K to £27K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.70under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£3.17–£28.93
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
100K–125K
Units per listing a year
1,500–2,000
Revenue per listing a year
£21K–£27K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

71% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.5% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #93 within Hot Chocolate & Malted Drinks. It carries 1,656 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
71%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
10.5%
Average rank
#93in Hot Chocolate & Malted Drinks
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,656per listing
Listings tracked
38

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 6 launches as successful.

6 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 67 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
6
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
67 months

Products

Top Cocoa 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 only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£51K£101K£152K£202K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

25 rising

Sellers

82

Top-5 brand share

53%

Top 20: 97%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 86%

Open market

41%

  • Sevenhills Wholefoods15%
  • TheHealthyTree Company14%
  • NaturaleBio10%
  • Naturya9%
  • Menier6%
  • Yin & Yang Superfoods6%

Demand

Cocoa Powder search demand

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

35K25KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Cocoa Powder search terms shoppers use

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

  • cocoa powder394K/yr
  • cacao powder312K/yr
  • cacao74K/yr
  • organic cacao powder68K/yr
  • cacao powder organic68K/yr
  • cocoa46K/yr
  • raw cacao powder36K/yr
  • coco powder31K/yr
  • unsweetened cocoa powder29K/yr
  • cocoa powder for baking32K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cocoa Powder

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

Complain

Taste-Overall23%−0.05

Bland taste

Not taste good

Almost tasteless

Bitter8%−0.06

Too bitter

Very bitter aftertaste

Bitter taste

Value For Money6%+0.46

Waste of money

expensive

its very overpriced

Flavor6%

there's just something a bit different about the flavour

the flavour is bad too

Flavour is weird

Quality-Overall6%+2.45

Redused quality

Not the same quality product as before

Not good quality

Love

Taste-Overall28%−0.05

Rich taste

Delicious cocoa

Delicious and healthy

Quality-Overall22%+2.45

the quality has remained consistent

Excellent Quality

Great product very pleased with purchase

Flavor9%

The flavour is strong

Awesome flavour

mild in flavour

Value For Money7%+0.46

Excellent value for money

Good for the money

fair price

Baking4%+0.51

Perfect for my baking

amazing in chocolate cake recipes

Fantastic for bakers

Return

0.1% Return rate 14% Fixable by listing

Leak-Proof27%▁██▅▅▃
Value For Money21%▁▁▁▄▁█

Waste of money

expensive

its very overpriced

Taste-Overall11%█▁▁▃▂▁

Bland taste

Not taste good

Almost tasteless

Smell8%▁█▁▁▂▃

no real scent

Smelled completely off

didn't smell good

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%▁▁█▁▁▁

Its false advertisement

Product not as described

wrongly advertised

FAQ

Common Cocoa Powder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.