Instant Mashed Potatoes
FailProducts sell for $4.42 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Instant Mashed Potatoes is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 49 / 100Top 36% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +3 vs the category median of 4649
- Market size
- £519K/yr497K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -24.2%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 56%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 50 sellers
Flapen Score
Instant Mashed Potatoes against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Instant Mashed Potatoes is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Instant Mashed Potatoes market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Instant Mashed Potatoes 497K times last year and spent an estimated £519K. The top 5 brands take 93% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Jul–Aug–Sep. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 23.6% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 497K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 23.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -24.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £519K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 497K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -24.2%
- Conversion, latest week
- 23.6%
- Market size, estimated
- £519Ka year
- Peak month
- September6.3× the quietest month
- Top search term
- mashed potato185K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £4.42.
Listings sell for £4.42 on average, from £1.06 to £17.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 150K to 200K a year. The average listing sells 5,000 to 6,000 of them. At £4.42 that is £22K to £27K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £4.42under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £1.06–£17.46
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 150K–200K
- Units per listing a year
- 5,000–6,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £22K–£27K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
12% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 96% ship with Prime. On an average day, 2.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Instant Meals & Sides. It carries 721 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 12%
- Prime listings
- 96%
- Out of stock, average day
- 2.2%
- Average rank
- #14in Instant Meals & Sides
- Average rating
- 4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 721per listing
- Listings tracked
- 25
04 · Newcomers
0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 51 months
Products
Top Instant Mashed Potatoes products & what they sell for
The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.
Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
Morrisons Mash Potato 400g
- Price
- £1.06
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 272
- Age
- 1y ago

MORRISONS Morrisons The Greengrocers On Market Street Mashed Potato 400g
- Price
- £1.10
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 847
- Age
- 3y ago

Morrisons Mash Potato 750g (Frozen) (Fixed Retail)
- Price
- £1.79
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2,145
- Age
- 6y ago

Iceland 1kg Perfect Mash
- Price
- £1.99
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 296
- Age
- 2y ago

Mash Direct Mashed Potato 400g
- Price
- £1.84
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 772
- Age
- 6y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
Morrisons Instant Mash Classic 160g
- Price
- £1.07
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 3mo ago

Idahoan Buttery and Herb Flavoured Instant Mash Potato 1 x 109g Single Pack Gluten Free Vegetarian Cooks in 1 Minute
- Price
- £1.55
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 139
- Age
- 8y ago

MORRISONS CHEESE MASH 400G Pack of 1
- Price
- £1.77
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 244
- Age
- 4y ago

Idahoan Mashed Potato Butter & Herb 109g Instant Mash Potatoes (Pack of 12)
- Price
- £13.96
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 668
- Age
- 9y ago

Idahoan Buttery Potato Mash Potatoes Pack of 8 x 109g
- Price
- £12.81
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 2,949
- Age
- 5y ago
Newest
by launch date
Morrisons Instant Mash Classic 160g
- Price
- £1.07
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 3mo ago

Morrisons Mash Potato 400g
- Price
- £1.06
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 272
- Age
- 1y ago

Idahoan Perfect Mash Potato Variety Pack of 5 x 109g - Instant Mashed Potato Butter & Herb Buttery Bacon & Cheese Roasted Garlic Cheddar Cheese Mashed Potaoes Cooks in 1 Minute Ready To Eat
- Price
- £9.66
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 205
- Age
- 1y ago

Iceland 1kg Perfect Mash
- Price
- £1.99
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 296
- Age
- 2y ago

The Best Mash Potato
- Price
- £2.59
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 143
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 56% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
9 rising
Sellers
50
Est. top-5 brand share
93%
Top 20: 100%
Est. top-5 click share
56%
Top 20: 95%
Open market
5%
- Morrisons55%
- Idahoan18%
- Mash Direct7%
- Iceland7%
- Batchelors5%
- Aunt Bessies2%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 5%)
Demand
Instant Mashed Potatoes search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.3×
Search terms
Top Instant Mashed Potatoes search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- mashed potato185K/yr
- mash144K/yr
- mash potato32K/yr
- idahoan mash potato34K/yr
- instant mash26K/yr
- instant mashed potatoes14K/yr
- idahoan mashed potatoes 12 pack7K/yr
- mashed potatoes9K/yr
- mash potatoes4K/yr
- idahoan30K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Instant Mashed Potatoes
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“This tasted vile”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
16 topics
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FAQ
Common Instant Mashed Potatoes questions
Answered from the same tracked data.
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