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Food Colouring

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.51–$14.84) — Food Colouring doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 56Growth 16Conversion 96Competition 23Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 19Brand share 45Review moat 35Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Food Colouring profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Food Colouring is a £415K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (465K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Food Colouring: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -18.1% over the last 90 days and 12.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£415K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr-18.1%465K
Conversion rate12.9%
Avg price£6.93

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 78% of demand, so 22% of the market is open.

22%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 23
Top-5 product click share72%
Open market22%
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 · 16 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)0· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,988

Top Food Colouring products & what they sell for

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

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 72% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£41K£83K£124K£166K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 falling

Sellers

23

Top-5 brand share

78%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • Treedoa25%
  • HXDZFX17%
  • Belissia17%
  • SigWong12%
  • Limino7%
  • FANKOO6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (7 brands, 16%)

Food Colouring demand & seasonality

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

Volume465KCVR12.9%Products16Brands13Top 5 Brands78%OOS Rate5.0%Rating4.5★Reviews2,988Avg BSR#39
13K8KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Food Colouring search terms shoppers use

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

  • food colouring312K/yr
  • food colouring set45K/yr
  • food dye23K/yr
  • food coloring15K/yr
  • pastel food colouring8K/yr
  • slime colouring6K/yr
  • food colour7K/yr
  • food colouring liquid13K/yr
  • cake colouring7K/yr
  • icing colouring7K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Food Colouring

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Color47%

Superb colours

Value For Money15%

Great price too

Quality-Overall14%

The quality is decent for everyday baking

Artificial Colors5%

Great for making brightly coloured play dough

Ease Of Use5%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Color16%

Colour not vibrant enough

Artificial Colors16%

buy supermarket red food colouring

Size-Overall9%

small squeezy bottles

Taste-Overall8%

Awful taste to it

Ease Of Use6%

making them a bit difficult to open

Common Food Colouring questions

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

Flapen scores Food Colouring 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £415K/yr across 16 tracked products. Search demand moved -18.1% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Food Colouring on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct, where the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.