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Jollof Rice

Fail

Shoppers spend an estimated $53K a year here, so Jollof Rice 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
£53K/yr62K searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 28 sellers

Flapen Score

Jollof Rice against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Jollof Rice is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Jollof Rice market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Jollof Rice 62K times last year and spent an estimated £53K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 62K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. An estimated 8.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £53K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
62K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.0%
Conversion, latest week
8.0%
Market size, estimated
£53Ka year
Top search term
golden sella basmati rice19K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.63.

Listings sell for £10.63 on average, from £2.48 to £25.46. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £10.63 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.63under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£2.48–£25.46
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

50% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #87 within Rice, Pasta & Pulses. It carries 139 reviews at 4.53 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
50%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
11.1%
Average rank
#87in Rice, Pasta & Pulses
Average rating
4.53 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
139per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

0 of last year's 5 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

5 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 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
5
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
64 months

Products

Top Jollof Rice 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.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take an estimated 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£5K£11K£16K£21K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 flat

Sellers

28

Est. top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Est. top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

5%

  • Tropical Sun59%
  • LAILA20%
  • Meji Foods6%
  • Tilda4%
  • Mammy Market4%
  • Africa's Finest3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 5%)

Search terms

Top Jollof Rice search terms shoppers use

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

  • golden sella basmati rice19K/yr
  • jollof rice13K/yr
  • sella basmati rice10K/yr
  • golden sella3K/yr
  • sella rice6K/yr
  • tropical sun golden sella basmati rice 10kg4K/yr
  • jollof3K/yr
  • golden sella basmati rice 10kg4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Jollof Rice

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

34%of positive reviews mention “Quality-Overall”
26%of negative reviews mention “Taste-Overall”
0.1%of orders come back
“tastes horrible”
A buyer, on “Taste-Overall”26% of negative reviews mention the same topic

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.

14 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Jollof Rice questions

Answered from the same tracked data.

Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data