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Pasta

Fail

Prices span $0.65–$4.13, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pasta is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 36% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +3 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£420K/yr1.4M searches / yr
90-day growth
-10.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
43%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 63 sellers

Flapen Score

Pasta against its category

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

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Pasta market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Pasta 1.4M times last year and spent an estimated £420K. The top 5 brands take 95% of clicks. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

21.5% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.4M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 21.5% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -10.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £420K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.4M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-10.4%
Conversion, latest week
21.5%
Market size, estimated
£420Ka year
Peak month
January1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
pasta1.4M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £1.37.

Listings sell for £1.37 on average, from £0.65 to £4.13. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 300K to 400K a year. The average listing sells 8,000 to 10,000 of them. At £1.37 that is £11K to £14K a year per listing.

Average price
£1.37under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.65–£4.13
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
300K–400K
Units per listing a year
8,000–10,000
Revenue per listing a year
£11K–£14K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

40% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 93% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #135 within Rice, Pasta & Pulses. It carries 804 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
40%
Prime listings
93%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#135in Rice, Pasta & Pulses
Average rating
4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
804per listing
Listings tracked
42

04 · Newcomers

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

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 4 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 64 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£13K£25K£38K£50K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

63

Top-5 brand share

95%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

43%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

4%

  • Morrisons57%
  • by Amazon22%
  • Barilla7%
  • Garofalo6%
  • Napolina2%
  • HEINZ2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 4%)

Demand

Pasta search demand

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

30K20KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Pasta search terms shoppers use

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

  • pasta1.4M/yr
  • past25K/yr
  • dried pasta10K/yr
  • morrisons pasta6K/yr
  • quick cook pasta4K/yr
  • dry pasta5K/yr
  • large pasta5K/yr
  • pasta 1kg4K/yr
  • spiral pasta3K/yr
  • padta2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Pasta

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

Complain

Taste-Overall10%+0.98

that taste I would say is average

Taste is just not there for me it is a lot smaller

it tastes like pasta

Size-Overall9%−0.06

The size is too tiny

One thing about this pasta is that it's tiny compared to regular pasta

The pasta is very small

Texture/Consistency-Overall6%

you lose some of the texture

It's a strange texture

I personally wasnt much of a fan of the thinner texture

Quality-Overall5%+1.73

not the best

not the best

Poor quality

Thickness5%−0.03

Pasta a bit too thick for me

Really thin pasta like you get in packet/mug pastas

.they are now much thinner

Love

Value For Money31%+0.79

Excellent value

affordable price

Fair price

Taste-Overall19%+0.98

Good taste

Excellent tasty pasta

Great tasting pasta

Quality-Overall19%+1.73

Excellent quality

It's good quality, cooks quickly and well

Great quality and perfect for gifting

Cooking Instructions7%+0.19

easy cook

Cooking is straightforward and consistent

It cooks evenly

Ease Of Use3%+0.24

Easy to prepare for anyone

Quick & easy

easy cooking

FAQ

Common Pasta questions

Answered from the same tracked data.