instant mashed potatoes
Skip itPricing outside the sweet spot ($4.42 avg) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Conversion
Incredible23.6%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Good720.6avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Good£519K£519K/yr · 497K searches
Competition
Okay56%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Quality gap
Okay4.5★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Brand share
Bad93%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Price range
Bad£1.06–£17.46cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Growth
Bad-24.2%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Avg price
Bad£4.42avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, instant mashed potatoes is a £519K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (497K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Jul–Aug–Sep. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
instant mashed potatoes market data
- Units sold / yr
- 150K–200K
- avg 5,000–6,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- £663K–£884K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 23.6%
- Avg BSR
- #14
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 96%
- Sponsored
- 12%
- Out of stock
- 2.2%
- Avg brand age
- 51 months
- Avg seller age
- 184 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 56% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
9 rising
Sellers
50
Top-5 brand share
93%
Top 20: 100%
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 & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -24.2% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jan, Feb, Jul, Aug, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 6.3×
Top instant mashed potatoes search terms
- 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
Top instant mashed potatoes products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Morrisons Mash Potato 400g
Morrisons£1.064.3★272 rev
MORRISONS Morrisons The Greengrocers On Market Street Mashed Potato 400g
Morrisons£1.104.4★847 rev
Morrisons Mash Potato 750g (Frozen) (Fixed Retail)
Morrisons£1.794.5★2,145 rev
Iceland 1kg Perfect Mash
Iceland£1.994.7★296 rev
Mash Direct Mashed Potato 400g
Mash Direct£1.844.4★772 rev
Newest
by launch date
Morrisons Instant Mash Classic 160g
Morrisons£1.072 rev
Morrisons Mash Potato 400g
Morrisons£1.06272 rev
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
Idahoan£9.66205 rev
Iceland 1kg Perfect Mash
Iceland£1.99296 rev
The Best Mash Potato
Morrisons£2.59143 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumMorrisons Instant Mash Classic 160g
Morrisons£1.074.5★
Idahoan Buttery and Herb Flavoured Instant Mash Potato 1 x 109g Single Pack Gluten Free Vegetarian Cooks in 1 Minute
Idahoan£1.554.5★
MORRISONS CHEESE MASH 400G Pack of 1
Morrisons£1.774.4★
Idahoan Mashed Potato Butter & Herb 109g Instant Mash Potatoes (Pack of 12)
Idahoan£13.964.7★
Idahoan Buttery Potato Mash Potatoes Pack of 8 x 109g
Idahoan£12.814.7★
What buyers say about instant mashed potatoes
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Great taste”
“Easy to Use”
“Perfect mash 🤷🏽 Awesome product”
“Good price”
“its just easy mash - as instant mash goes”
“Liked all the flavours except buttery which tasted a bit cheesy”
“nice texture”
“fresh”
“being frozen you can take out what you need the price was really good”
“Quick mash no frills”
What buyers complain about
“This tasted vile”
“Waste of money”
“ordered it on subscription there are no instructions”
“Too watery”
“Still had lumpy slices that didn't dissolve like mashed potato should”
“Possible allergens”
“since it was supposed to be creamy I found it all rather dry”
“To fragile to survive transit”
“Inaccurate ingredients”
“not the best one”
Common questions
- Is instant mashed potatoes profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £519K/yr across 25 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -24.2%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
- How competitive is the instant mashed potatoes niche?
- 9 brands and 50 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 56% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in instant mashed potatoes?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Taste-Overall, Value For Money, Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for instant mashed potatoes peak?
- Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Jul–Aug–Sep; the busiest month runs 6.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the instant mashed potatoes niche?
- Listings span £1.06–£17.46; the average listing price is £4.42 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 721 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.