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Hummus

Maybe

Buyers 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
50 / 100
Top 31% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +4 vs the category median of 46
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.

50Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£17K£26K£35K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

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.

7K5KSpike '25Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Taste-Overall34%−0.15

A little hit on after taste

Awful taste

Strange taste

Oily/Greasy11%−0.09

Oily unpleasant humous

riddled with seed oils, avoid

just rapeseed oil

Flavor8%+0.64

I was so disappointed with the lack of flavours

the flavour was a little subdued compared to other supermarket houmous

Strange flavour

Quality-Overall8%+1.12

Contains mostly cheap vegetable oil

Fab product

Salt Content5%−0.06

Too salty

far too salty

It definitely tastes too salty

Love

Taste-Overall40%−0.15

Great taste

It suits my taste buds

Tasted great, exactly as described

Flavor13%+0.64

Beautiful flavourful humous great tub for parties with picky board I recommend

Nice flavour

Always a winner with me this flavour of houmous

Quality-Overall10%+1.12

Excellent product

Vary nice

The quality of the product for the price excellent value

Value For Money8%+0.96

Good value for money

Good value

Great value

Nutritional Content5%+0.46

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

FAQ

Common Hummus questions

Answered from the same tracked data.