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Custard

Fail

Prices span $0.68–$13.86, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Custard is a Fail.

Flapen Score
42
42 / 100
Ranks 2,003 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −4 vs the category median of 46
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.

42Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

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

22.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 248K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 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

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. 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

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£8K£16K£24K£32K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

53

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

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.

9K7KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Holiday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Custard

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

Complain

Taste-Overall17%−0.09

Tasteless and horrible, couldnt taste any vanilla, very bland

not to european tastes

Tasteless

Flavor13%−0.06

I was curious what it would taste like because canned desserts can sometimes have a very artificial flavour

Lacks Depth of Flavour

not much vanilla flavour

Value For Money9%+0.59

a fair bit cheaper

Overpriced for product

- not worth paying more

Size-Overall9%−0.02

very large

Small

The size of the tins is smaller than they used to be though hence the 4 stars

Sweetness5%+0.61

Taste wise its not the sweetest of custards

not sweet at all

It's very thick and creamy and is not overly sweet and 400g would easily do for 4 people

Love

Taste-Overall32%−0.09

The taste is smooth and creamy

Good taste

Creamy nice taste

Baking11%+1.78

Heavenly Custard

Overall, simple, effective, and something Id happily keep in the cupboard for easy desserts

Great for packaged lunches or quick after dinner desserts

Value For Money11%+0.59

Excellent value for money

Excellent price

Great deal

Quality-Overall8%−0.02

its reliable and does the job without any fuss

It's reasonabily priced for the quality

Excellent product

Flavor6%−0.06

The vanilla flavor is rich and creamy, just like homemade

The flavour is sweet

Nice flavour

FAQ

Common Custard questions

Answered from the same tracked data.