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Macadamia Nuts

Macadamia Nuts shows low returns (0.1%), but soft demand (-21.3% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

50
Worth a look
Market size 37Growth 14Conversion 95Competition 24Returns 100Price range 54Avg price 65Brand share 41Review moat 78Quality gap 48
This niche Category average

Is Macadamia Nuts profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Macadamia Nuts is a £181K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (108K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 50/100.

Macadamia Nuts: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -21.3% over the last 90 days and 12.1% of searches end in a purchase.

£181K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr13K
Search volume / yr-21.3%108K
Conversion rate12.1%
Avg price£13.80

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand, so 19% of the market is open.

19%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 10
Top-5 product click share71%
Open market19%
Avg brand age60 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 13 products

Sponsored placement62%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews435

Top Macadamia Nuts products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£18K£36K£54K£72K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

10

Top-5 brand share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

14%

  • by Amazon41%
  • FeelGood-Sale12%
  • Wholefood Earth11%
  • PURIMA11%
  • Minton & Donello6%
  • Mundo Feliz5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 14%)

Macadamia Nuts demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume108KCVR12.1%Products13Brands10Top 5 Brands81%OOS Rate8.6%Rating4.5★Reviews435Avg BSR#368
3K2KHoliday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Macadamia Nuts search terms shoppers use

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

  • macadamia nuts87K/yr
  • macadamia7K/yr
  • organic macadamia nuts5K/yr
  • macadamia nuts 1kg7K/yr
  • salted macadamia nuts3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Macadamia Nuts

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Taste-Overall30%

a creamy nutty taste

Value For Money17%

good value for money

Quality-Overall9%

Excellent Product

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%

As described

Crispiness6%

a nice crunch

What buyers complain about

68% of reviews
Taste-Overall23%

Bad taste and stale

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled20%

Now they are stale, brownish colour and worst of all, most of them are totally inedible

Smell9%

made my kitchen smell awful after airing them in a tray for a couple of hours

Flavor3%

Great texture, flavour maybe slightly less good

Quality-Overall3%

Quality has declined massively

Common Macadamia Nuts questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Macadamia Nuts 50/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £181K/yr across 13 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -21.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Macadamia Nuts on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.4× the quietest.