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Mustard Oil

soft demand (-17.5% this quarter) — Mustard Oil doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

47
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Market size 18Growth 16Conversion 76Competition 32Returns 100Price range 28Avg price 30Brand share 58Review moat 73Quality gap 72
This niche Category average

Is Mustard Oil profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Mustard Oil is a £74K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (107K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand. Demand peaks in Aug. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.

Mustard Oil: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -17.5% over the last 90 days and 7.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£74K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-17.5%107K
Conversion rate7.2%
Avg price£9.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 70% of demand, so 30% of the market is open.

30%

open market share

Brands · sellers13 · 24
Top-5 product click share66%
Open market30%
Avg brand age73 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 15 products

Sponsored placement60%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews568

Top Mustard Oil 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 take 66% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£7K£15K£22K£29K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

13 rising

Sellers

24

Top-5 brand share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

66%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

23%

  • Niharti30%
  • TWO BROTHERS ORGANIC FARMS12%
  • Gharana Swaad Ka Khazaana12%
  • Best of Hungary8%
  • Ktc8%
  • Gramiyaa7%

Mustard Oil demand & seasonality

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

Volume107KCVR7.2%Products15Brands13Top 5 Brands70%OOS Rate5.3%Rating4.3★Reviews568Avg BSR#158
3K2KSpike '25Prime Day '25JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Aug · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Mustard Oil search terms shoppers use

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

  • mustard oil76K/yr
  • mustard oil for cooking13K/yr
  • mustard oil for hair10K/yr
  • organic mustard oil3K/yr
  • pure mustard oil3K/yr
  • cooking mustard oil2K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Mustard Oil

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

What buyers love

95% of reviews
Quality-Overall20%

Amazing quality

Taste-Overall18%

Gives enhanced flavour

Flavor12%

the flavor it adds is just incredible

Ingredients-Overall12%

Great curry ingredient

Oily/Greasy10%

High quality mustard oil that cooks effectively

What buyers complain about

96% of reviews
Advertised Vs Actual Product38%

False advertising

Cooking Instructions19%

NOT Sutiable for cooking with

Value For Money17%

Price should be cheaper to be honest

Oily/Greasy6%

not edible as stated on the description

Taste-Overall6%

Body use only it says, tried tasting it and tastes bad

Mustard Oil return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.1%

Return rate

25%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Material Quality
25%
2Value For Money
25%
3Color Fading/Discoloration
25%
4Leak-Proof
13%
5Unsustainable Design
13%

Common Mustard Oil questions

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

Flapen scores Mustard Oil 47/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £74K/yr across 15 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -17.5% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Mustard Oil on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Aug, where the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.