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Nacho Cheese Sauce

Fail

Shoppers spend only $56K a year here, so Nacho Cheese Sauce 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
£56K/yr100K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.6%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Nacho Cheese Sauce against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Nacho Cheese Sauce is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

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

Market

The Nacho Cheese Sauce market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Nacho Cheese Sauce 100K times last year and spent an estimated £56K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Flapen scores it 40 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 100K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.6% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £56K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
100K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.6%
Conversion, latest week
6.1%
Market size, estimated
£56Ka year
Peak month
February1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
nacho cheese sauce57K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.26.

Listings sell for £9.26 on average, from £1.62 to £18.49. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £9.26 that is £2K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.26under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.62–£18.49
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
250–500
Revenue per listing a year
£2K–£5K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

58% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 92% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #118 within Baking Supplies. It carries 1,478 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
58%
Prime listings
92%
Out of stock, average day
4.0%
Average rank
#118in Baking Supplies
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,478per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 62 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
62 months

Products

Top Nacho Cheese Sauce 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 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£6K£11K£17K£23K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

10 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

16%

  • Ricos28%
  • Macphie22%
  • Snowflakeheaven14%
  • Fritos7%
  • Morrisons7%
  • Doritos5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 16%)

Demand

Nacho Cheese Sauce search demand

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

3K2KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Nacho Cheese Sauce search terms shoppers use

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

  • nacho cheese sauce57K/yr
  • nacho cheese22K/yr
  • nacho cheese sauce cinema6K/yr
  • queso5K/yr
  • nachos cheese sauce4K/yr
  • american cheese sauce4K/yr
  • ricos nacho cheese sauce3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Nacho Cheese Sauce

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

Complain

Taste-Overall24%+0.40

the taste was quite unpleasant for me

tastes a little bland

No taste

Value For Money24%+0.93

Cheap

Bit pricey

a bit pricey After opening you have a week to use it So had to throw some away as I live on my own

Flavor6%−0.05

Lacks flavour

I was expecting a classic nacho cheese flavor

Dilute/Watery6%−0.05

Too diluted

It's already liquid

Spiciness4%+0.49

isnt spicy

Love

Taste-Overall52%+0.40

Nice taste, thick sauce, recommended

the perfect cheesy taste

SO YUMMY

Flavor7%−0.05

Really nice flavour

Best cheese sauce there is

AMAZING flavour is AMAZING SIZE IS GOAT VALUE FOR MONEY PERFECT WOOOOO

Spiciness7%+0.49

I love this cheesy spicy dip

There is a slight spicy hint which was OK

Im hooked, remember going to the cinema and having nachos with hot spicy cheese sauce on top

Quality-Overall4%+0.60

Excellent quality

Cooking Instructions4%+0.60

Great product for many recipes

FAQ

Common Nacho Cheese Sauce questions

Answered from the same tracked data.