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Food Waste Bags

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.2% of orders. But prices span $1.68–$11.33, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Food Waste Bags is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
59
59 / 100
Top 7% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +13 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£1.1M/yr1.0M searches / yr
90-day growth
+8.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 19 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Food Waste Bags against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Food Waste Bags is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

59Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Food Waste Bags market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Food Waste Bags 1.0M times last year and spent an estimated £1.1M. The top 5 brands take 57% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr. Flapen scores it 59 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

17.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.0M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +8.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.0M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+8.2%
Conversion, latest week
17.5%
Market size, estimated
£1.1Ma year
Peak month
April2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
food waste bags280K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.12.

Listings sell for £6.12 on average, from £1.68 to £11.33. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £6.12 that is £37K to £49K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.12under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.68–£11.33
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
150K–200K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£37K–£49K
Returns
0.2%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads and reviews.

90% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #112 within Papers, Wraps & Bags. It carries 2,409 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
90%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#112in Papers, Wraps & Bags
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,409per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 4 of last year's 5 launches as successful.

5 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 44 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
4Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
44 months

Products

Top Food Waste Bags 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£111K£222K£333K£444K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 rising

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

57%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

38%

  • KeenKiD26%
  • Waste Not11%
  • GREENER WALKER8%
  • HXSEMAYIG6%
  • Kitbest6%
  • Generation earth6%

Demand

Food Waste Bags search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

30K20KSpike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Food Waste Bags search terms shoppers use

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

  • food waste bags280K/yr
  • compostable food waste bags179K/yr
  • biodegradable food waste bags117K/yr
  • food caddy bags67K/yr
  • compostable caddy liners33K/yr
  • caddy bin liners52K/yr
  • food bin bags56K/yr
  • food waste caddy bags42K/yr
  • compost bags26K/yr
  • food bin liners18K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Food Waste Bags

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

Complain

Size-Overall29%−0.23

It will not fit

Size not as expected

Too small

Eco Friendliness8%−0.07

Dont believe they are biodegradable

Not compostable

Not biodegradable

Thickness7%−0.03

also a little thicker

the bag is thicker than others

While the material does seem a bit thin

Bin Capacity5%−0.01

Not quite big enough for a small food bin

Bin bads

Bags dont fit the bin

Quality-Overall4%+1.26

cheap and wasteful

Poor quality

Quality is absolutely atrocious compared to how they used to be - completely unusable

Love

Quality-Overall16%+1.26

Reliable quality

Excellent Quality

The bags are very good quality

Value For Money16%+1.51

Good value for money

Excellent value

Fair Price

Strength15%+1.11

Good strong bag

Pretty sturdy

The bags themselves feel quite sturdy

Size-Overall11%−0.23

This fitted my bin just right

Fit well

fit in my cupboard space perfectly

Eco Friendliness6%−0.07

eco-friendly

Good for the environment

Biodegradable

Return

0.2% Return rate 61% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall56%▇▇█▇█▇

It will not fit

Size not as expected

Too small

Bin Capacity18%▇▄▇▆▅█

Not quite big enough for a small food bin

Bin bads

Bags dont fit the bin

Eco Friendliness8%▆▆▆▆██

Dont believe they are biodegradable

Not compostable

Not biodegradable

Quality-Overall4%▆▇▂▅█▄

cheap and wasteful

Poor quality

Quality is absolutely atrocious compared to how they used to be - completely unusable

Advertised Vs Actual Product3%▇▇▂▅▁█

Misleading product description

Inaccurate description

Item is not as described

FAQ

Common Food Waste Bags questions

Answered from the same tracked data.