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Food Colouring Gel

soft demand (-24.0% this quarter) — Food Colouring Gel doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

48
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Market size 25Growth 13Conversion 82Competition 58Returns 100Price range 18Avg price 24Brand share 78Review moat 40Quality gap 37
This niche Category average

Is Food Colouring Gel profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Food Colouring Gel is a £99K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (132K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 57% of demand. Demand peaks in Oct. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Food Colouring Gel: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -24.0% over the last 90 days and 8.8% of searches end in a purchase.

£99K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-24.0%132K
Conversion rate8.8%
Avg price£8.56

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 57% of demand, so 43% of the market is open.

43%

open market share

Brands · sellers16 · 31
Top-5 product click share50%
Open market43%
Avg brand age50 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 · 22 products

Sponsored placement73%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews2,538

Top Food Colouring Gel 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 take 50% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£4K£8K£12K£16K101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

16 falling

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

50%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

35%

  • SigWong17%
  • Wilton13%
  • ERCorArt9%
  • Treedoa9%
  • Sugarflair Colours8%
  • PME8%

Food Colouring Gel demand & seasonality

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

Volume132KCVR8.8%Products22Brands16Top 5 Brands57%OOS Rate11.5%Rating4.5★Reviews2,538Avg BSR#103
4K3KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8×

Top Food Colouring Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • gel food colouring47K/yr
  • food colouring gel50K/yr
  • gel food colouring set14K/yr
  • food gel colouring for cakes4K/yr
  • cake colouring gel4K/yr
  • food colour gel3K/yr
  • food coloring gel3K/yr
  • food colouring gel set3K/yr
  • food gel colouring3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Food Colouring Gel

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Color48%

Good colour

Quality-Overall14%

The quality is decent for everyday baking

Value For Money12%

Good value for money

Artificial Colors5%

Vibrant easy to use gel colourants Paste

Ease Of Use4%

Easy to use

What buyers complain about

69% of reviews
Color22%

Not vibrant enough

Artificial Colors18%

Not quite the food colouring experience I anticipated

Size-Overall10%

small squeezy bottles

Durability5%

Don't last long

Taste-Overall5%

The black has an aniseed taste

Common Food Colouring Gel questions

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

Flapen scores Food Colouring Gel 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £99K/yr across 22 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -24.0% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Food Colouring Gel on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Oct, where the busiest month runs 1.8× the quietest.