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Kefir

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But products sell for $3.90 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Kefir is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
53
53 / 100
Top 20% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +7 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£238K/yr340K searches / yr
90-day growth
-6.5%search demand this quarter
Competition
45%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 36 sellers

Flapen Score

Kefir against its category

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

53Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Kefir market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Kefir 340K times last year and spent an estimated £238K. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Nov. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

17.9% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 340K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.9% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -6.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £238K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
340K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-6.5%
Conversion, latest week
17.9%
Market size, estimated
£238Ka year
Peak month
January2.1× the quietest month
Top search term
kefir203K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £3.90.

Listings sell for £3.90 on average, from £1.23 to £22.90. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £3.90 that is £10K to £12K a year per listing.

Average price
£3.90under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.23–£22.90
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£10K–£12K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

16% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 90% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #40 within Fresh & Chilled. It carries 337 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
16%
Prime listings
90%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#40in Fresh & Chilled
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
337per listing
Listings tracked
31

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 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 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Kefir products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 45% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£12K£24K£36K£48K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

11 rising

Sellers

36

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 89%

Open market

7%

  • Biotiful Dairy71%
  • ACTIVIA8%
  • Yeo Valley7%
  • Krasnystaw3%
  • Coolinario3%
  • Milko3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 7%)

Demand

Kefir search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

15K10KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Nov · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Search terms

Top Kefir search terms shoppers use

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

  • kefir203K/yr
  • kefir yoghurt49K/yr
  • kefir drink57K/yr
  • biotiful kefir4K/yr
  • biotiful4K/yr
  • kefir yogurt4K/yr
  • kefir milk4K/yr
  • organic kefir4K/yr
  • activia kefir5K/yr
  • keifer3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Kefir

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Functionality-Overall19%−0.20

Did not work

as I am a beginner it is hard to judge when something does not work as expected

Not successful

Taste-Overall18%+2.36

Incredibly artificial taste

Is it supposed to taste bitter and sour

Did not like the taste

Value For Money8%

Wish it was a tad less expensive

considering the cost it is ridiculous

Waste of money

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.05

it didn't look at all like the pictures

NOT AS DESCRIBED AND NOT LIKE PHOTO

Not like photo or description

Size-Overall7%−0.07

small

Small for £1.35

small grains

Love

Taste-Overall42%+2.36

Amazing taste

I really enjoy this refreshing kefir

Great for gut and taste buds

Quality-Overall15%+0.66

good reliable product

it's produced daily high quality kefir

Good quality

Health Benefits-Overall11%+0.98

Healthy

Very healthy for your gut to drink one a day

Healthy choice and tastes very good

Value For Money4%

Great value

Fantastic and at a great price

Great value for money

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting4%+0.19

The instructions were clear

Easy instructions to follow

followed the instructions precisely

FAQ

Common Kefir questions

Answered from the same tracked data.