Custard
FailPrices span $0.68–$13.86, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Custard is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 42 / 100Ranks 2,003 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −4 vs the category median of 4642
- Market size
- £160K/yr248K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -26.4%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 51%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 53 sellers
Flapen Score
Custard against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Custard is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Custard market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Custard 248K times last year and spent an estimated £160K. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 22.3% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 248K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 22.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -26.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £160K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 248K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -26.4%
- Conversion, latest week
- 22.3%
- Market size, estimated
- £160Ka year
- Peak month
- December2.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- custard227K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £2.90.
Listings sell for £2.90 on average, from £0.68 to £13.86. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 3,000 to 4,000 of them. At £2.90 that is £9K to £12K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £2.90under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £0.68–£13.86
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 80K–100K
- Units per listing a year
- 3,000–4,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £9K–£12K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
21% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #57 within Cooking Ingredients. It carries 1,298 reviews at 4.57 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 21%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.0%
- Average rank
- #57in Cooking Ingredients
- Average rating
- 4.57 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,298per listing
- Listings tracked
- 28
04 · Newcomers
0 of last year's 2 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
2 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 2
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 65 months
Products
Top Custard 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.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
Ambrosia Devon Custard Creamy & Delicious Ready-to-Eat Dessert Traditional British Favourite 500 g Carton (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £1.48
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 4,678
- Age
- 11y ago

Morrisons Custard 500g
- Price
- £0.99
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 662
- Age
- 6y ago

Ambrosia Devon Custard Creamy Ready-to-Eat Dessert 1 kg (1-Pack)
- Price
- £2.12
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 4,678
- Age
- 4y ago

Ambrosia Devon Custard Creamy Ready-to-Eat Dessert 400 g Can (1-Pack)
- Price
- £1.30
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 4,678
- Age
- 8y ago

Morrisons Eat Smart Ready to Serve UHT Custard 500g
- Price
- £0.95
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 316
- Age
- 9y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
by Amazon Custard 400g
- Price
- £1.12
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 96
- Age
- 6mo ago

Ambrosia Ready-to-Eat Dessert Light Devon Custard Pot 150 g (1-Pack)
- Price
- £0.68
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 240
- Age
- 15y ago

Ambrosia Custard Dessert Pots Creamy Traditional Ready-to-Eat Treat 4 Pots x 120 g (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £2.89
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 76
- Age
- 1y ago

Morrisons Egg Custard Tart Pack of 2 Pastry Tarts
- Price
- £1.00
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 3,480
- Age
- 9y ago

Ambrosia Deluxe Custard 750g
- Price
- £2.83
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 10
- Age
- 4y ago
Newest
by launch date
by Amazon Custard 400g
- Price
- £1.12
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 96
- Age
- 6mo ago

Ambrosia Light Custard Dessert Pots 30% Less Sugar & Fat Creamy Ready-to-Eat Treat 4 Pots x 120 g (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £2.94
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 1y ago

Ambrosia Custard Dessert Pots Creamy Traditional Ready-to-Eat Treat 4 Pots x 120 g (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £2.89
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 76
- Age
- 1y ago

Morrisons Vanilla Custard 500g
- Price
- £2.47
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 5
- Age
- 2y ago

Ambrosia Deluxe Custard Madagascan Vanilla 2 x 120g
- Price
- £1.59
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 154
- Age
- 3y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
6 rising
Sellers
53
Est. top-5 brand share
99%
Top 20: 100%
Est. top-5 click share
51%
Top 20: 91%
Open market
0%
- Ambrosia59%
- Morrisons21%
- CUSTIC11%
- by Amazon6%
- Bird's3%
- CO OP1%
Demand
Custard search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Custard
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Tasteless and horrible, couldnt taste any vanilla, very bland”
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.
13 topics
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FAQ
Common Custard questions
Answered from the same tracked data.
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