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Glucose Gel

Fail

The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks, so Glucose Gel is a Fail.

Flapen Score
40
40 / 100
Ranks 2,270 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£70K/yr69K searches / yr
90-day growth
+2.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
68%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 50 sellers

Flapen Score

Glucose Gel against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Glucose Gel is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

40Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Glucose Gel market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Glucose Gel 69K times last year and spent an estimated £70K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Apr–Aug. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

9.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 69K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +2.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £70K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
69K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+2.5%
Conversion, latest week
9.1%
Market size, estimated
£70Ka year
Peak month
August4.5× the quietest month
Top search term
glucose gel36K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.03.

Listings sell for £11.03 on average, from £4.82 to £17.84. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £11.03 that is £6K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.03under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.82–£17.84
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£8K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is ads.

100% 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 #28 within Sports & Health Drinks. It carries 1,244 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
100%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#28in Sports & Health Drinks
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,244per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 70 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
70 months

Products

Top Glucose Gel 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 68% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£14K£21K£28K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

50

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

68%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Glucogel51%
  • HIGH517%
  • Dextro Energy12%
  • AddGluco9%
  • Hypowallet6%
  • Lift4%

Demand

Glucose Gel search demand

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

8K6KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Apr, Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 4.5×

Search terms

Top Glucose Gel search terms shoppers use

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

  • glucose gel36K/yr
  • glucogel11K/yr
  • glucose gel for diabetics11K/yr
  • dextrose gel4K/yr
  • glucagon4K/yr
  • glucogel for adult diabetics3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Glucose Gel

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

Complain

Value For Money14%+0.77

They are expensive

Expensive

Shame the price keeps going up

Taste-Overall10%−0.07

Terrible taste

Work well, although, personally I'm not sold on the taste

Tasted awful, neither my husband or I could drink it and ended up pouring it all down the sink

Blood Sugar Level10%+0.34

This is basically not fit for purpose if youre depending on it to deal with a hypo

Got the sugar level to rise adequately

Functionality-Overall10%−0.06

Does absolutely nothing after taking it made me tired

Not fast acting gloopy

Ease Of Use5%−0.03

Too hard to open

Love

Quality-Overall13%+1.06

Good quality piece of kit

Excellent product

Good quality

Ease Of Use13%−0.03

Ease of use

easy to open

Great easy to take

Value For Money12%+0.77

reasonable price

Good value for money

Good price

Advertised Vs Actual Product10%+0.42

item exactly as stated

Does exactly what it says

Item as described

Blood Sugar Level10%+0.34

Perfect for a diabetic

Works well to bring my blood sugar back up

Great for sugar lows

Return

0.0% Return rate 100% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall100%▁▁▁█▁▁

FAQ

Common Glucose Gel questions

Answered from the same tracked data.