How competitive is the Cup Noodles niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

15 brands and 108 sellers compete in Cup Noodles on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Cup Noodles products take 30% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 88% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Cup Noodles?

Cup Noodles buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Spiciness, Value For Money, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Cup Noodles niche?

Cup Noodles sells for £9.28 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £0.89–£37.47. The average incumbent carries 634 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Cup Noodles

Cup Noodles shows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

Worth a look

This niche Category average

Is Cup Noodles profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Cup Noodles is a £254K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (286K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Cup Noodles: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -10.6% over the last 90 days and 9.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£254K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K

Search volume / yr-10.6%286K

Conversion rate9.6%

Avg price£9.28

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 88% of demand, so 12% of the market is open.

12%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 108

Top-5 product click share30%

Open market12%

Avg brand age52 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 48 products

Top Cup Noodles products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

NISSIN Cup Noodles Soba Wok Style Chilli Flavoured 92 g (8-Pack)

Price: £11.42
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 177
Age: 4y ago

NISSIN Cup Noodles Soba Wok Style Teriyaki 90 g Pot (8-Pack)

Price: £11.01
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 74
Age: 4y ago

NISSIN Cup Noodles Chicken Teriyaki Flavour 70 g Pot (8-Pack)

Price: £9.52
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 180
Age: 3y ago

NISSIN Soba Wok Style Yakitori Chicken Instant Noodles 89 g

Price: £1.51
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 592
Age: 9y ago

NISSIN Soba Wok Style Classic Flavoured Instant Noodles 109 g (9-Pack)

Price: £8.79
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 94
Age: 3y ago

Newest

by launch date

Shin Cup Noodles Big Bowl 114g Each (Pack 16) - Nong Shim Shin Instant Noodles Korean Style Traditional Spicy - Excellent for Snack and Soups

Price: £22.29
Rating: 4.8/5
Reviews: 31
Age: 1y ago

NISSIN Soba Big Yakitori Chicken Instant Noodles 113 g (6-Pack)

Price: £11.29
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 23
Age: 1y ago

NISSIN Soba Big Classic Instant Wok Style Noodles 113 g (6-Pack)

Price: £11.69
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 7
Age: 1y ago

NISSIN Cup Noodles Soba Wok Style Japanese Curry Flavour 90 g (8-Pack)

Price: £12.80
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 10
Age: 1y ago

Emma Basic - Soba Noodles 250g | source of protein | quick cooking time | Vegan

Price: £1.58
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 52
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

Clicks spread well past the top 5 (30% combined) — an open shelf where new products get seen.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

108

Top-5 brand share

88%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

30%

Top 20: 75%

Open market

NISSIN68%
Nongshim7%
WaNaHong5%
Hime4%
Emma Basic4%
Nissin3%
Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 9%)

Cup Noodles demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume286KCVR9.6%Products48Brands15Top 5 Brands88%OOS Rate5.9%Rating4.5★Reviews634Avg BSR#193

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Cup Noodles search terms shoppers use

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

soba noodles98K/yr -1.7%11.3% conv.
cup noodles72K/yr -14.4%3.4% conv.
soba25K/yr -10.3%15.1% conv.
nissin cup noodles22K/yr -5.1%3.5% conv.
cup noodle16K/yr -30.8%3.5% conv.
shin cup noodles8K/yr -13.5%9.6% conv.
cup noodles nissin10K/yr -35.0%1.8% conv.
noodle cup8K/yr -29.5%2.1% conv.
nongshim cup noodles6K/yr -19.8%5.1% conv.
shin ramyun cup3K/yr +8.4%6.8% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Cup Noodles

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews

Taste-Overall46%

“Fantastic Taste”

Value For Money13%

“Good deal”

Flavor11%

“Really nice flavour easy to make”

Ease Of Use5%

“convenient they are”

Spiciness4%

“Lovely and spicy”

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews

Taste-Overall16%

“The cheese and chicken ones are very bland, the small seasoning sachet did not flavour the noodles well”

Spiciness13%

“Too chilli hot”

Value For Money10%

“You can probably buy them cheaper elsewhere”

Flavor9%

“Wrong flavour sent”

Quality-Overall5%

“Not the best”

Common Cup Noodles questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Cup Noodles 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £254K/yr across 48 tracked products. 2 of 4 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -10.6% over the last 90 days.