Hummus
MaybeBuyers convert on 37.5% of searches. But prices span $1.06–$3.55, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Hummus is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 50 / 100Top 31% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +4 vs the category median of 4650
- Market size
- £217K/yr293K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- +10.8%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 51%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 41 sellers
Flapen Score
Hummus against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Hummus is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Hummus market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Hummus 293K times last year and spent an estimated £217K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 50 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
37.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 293K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 37.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +10.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £217K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 293K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- +10.8%
- Conversion, latest week
- 37.5%
- Market size, estimated
- £217Ka year
- Peak month
- January1.2× the quietest month
- Top search term
- hummus179K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £1.98.
Listings sell for £1.98 on average, from £1.06 to £3.55. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 100K to 125K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £1.98 that is £8K to £10K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £1.98under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £1.06–£3.55
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 100K–125K
- Units per listing a year
- 4,000–5,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £8K–£10K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
4% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 5.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #2 within Fresh & Chilled. It carries 341 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 4%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 5.0%
- Average rank
- #2in Fresh & Chilled
- Average rating
- 4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 341per listing
- Listings tracked
- 28
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 1 of last year's 3 launches as successful.
3 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 61 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 3
- Successful launches
- 1Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 61 months
Products
Top Hummus products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Morrisons Classic Houmous 300g
- Price
- £1.71
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 543
- Age
- 13y ago

Morrisons Classic Houmous 200g
- Price
- £1.43
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 763
- Age
- 13y ago

Ramonas Original Houmous 500g
- Price
- £3.55
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 197
- Age
- 3y ago

by Amazon Reduced Fat Houmous 200g
- Price
- £1.15
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 344
- Age
- 5y ago

Morrisons Red Pepper Houmous
- Price
- £1.49
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 861
- Age
- 4y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Morrisons Deli Grazing Houmous 170g
- Price
- £2.59
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 1
- Age
- 5mo ago

Booths Premium Pesto Topped Houmous 150g
- Price
- £2.17
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 482
- Age
- 9y ago

Odysea Houmous Glass Jar 265 g
- Price
- £2.66
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 109
- Age
- 5y ago

Ramonas Original Houmous 500g
- Price
- £3.55
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 197
- Age
- 3y ago

by Amazon Reduced Fat Houmous 200g
- Price
- £1.15
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 344
- Age
- 5y ago
Newest
by launch date
Morrisons Deli Grazing Houmous 170g
- Price
- £2.59
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 1
- Age
- 5mo ago

Morrisons Savers Houmous 200g
- Price
- £1.06
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 107
- Age
- 1y ago

Moorish Velvet Hummus 150 GR
- Price
- £1.85
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 5
- Age
- 3y ago

Ramonas Original Houmous 500g
- Price
- £3.55
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 197
- Age
- 3y ago

Ramonas Jalapeno Houmous 500g
- Price
- £3.49
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 157
- Age
- 3y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
8 rising
Sellers
41
Top-5 brand share
97%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
51%
Top 20: 93%
Open market
2%
- Morrisons60%
- Ramona's17%
- by Amazon14%
- Booths5%
- Odysea2%
- Moorish1%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 2%)
Demand
Hummus search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×
Search terms
Top Hummus search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- hummus179K/yr
- houmous70K/yr
- humus13K/yr
- humous10K/yr
- hummus dip8K/yr
- homous7K/yr
- hummous4K/yr
- houmus2K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Hummus
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
A little hit on after taste
Awful taste
Strange taste
Oily unpleasant humous
riddled with seed oils, avoid
just rapeseed oil
I was so disappointed with the lack of flavours
the flavour was a little subdued compared to other supermarket houmous
Strange flavour
Contains mostly cheap vegetable oil
Fab product
Too salty
far too salty
It definitely tastes too salty
Love
Great taste
It suits my taste buds
Tasted great, exactly as described
Beautiful flavourful humous great tub for parties with picky board I recommend
Nice flavour
Always a winner with me this flavour of houmous
Excellent product
Vary nice
The quality of the product for the price excellent value
Good value for money
Good value
Great value
I have altered my diet to reduce fat and carbs and this houmous has proved to be a delightful surprise
good value high protein
Nice reduced fat humous
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