Pasta
FailPrices span $0.65–$4.13, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Pasta is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 49 / 100Top 36% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +3 vs the category median of 4649
- 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.
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
An estimated 21.5% of those searches ended in a purchase.
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. An estimated 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
4 of last year's 4 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
4 products launched here in the last 12 months. 4 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. 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
Products
Top Pasta products & what they sell for
The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.
Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 24, 2026. The live listing can differ.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
Morrisons Penne 500g
- Price
- £0.72
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 2,794
- Age
- 8y ago

Morrisons Farfalle Pasta 500g
- Price
- £0.72
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,144
- Age
- 6y ago

Morrisons Fusilli 1kg
- Price
- £1.31
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 133
- Age
- 1y ago

by Amazon Rigatoni 500g
- Price
- £0.76
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 523
- Age
- 9mo ago

Morrisons Fusilli 500g
- Price
- £0.74
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 4,549
- Age
- 9y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
Heinz Tomato Grana Padano Mascarpone Pasta Sauce 350G
- Price
- £1.66
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 402
- Age
- 4y ago

Morrisons Fusilli 1kg
- Price
- £1.31
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 133
- Age
- 1y ago

BARILLA TORTIGLIONI 500G
- Price
- £1.09
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 331
- Age
- 10y ago

Barilla Penne Rigate Pasta 500g Italian Penne Made with Durum Wheat Semolina Non-GMO Kosher Certified Ideal for Pasta Bakes Arrabbiata & Tomato Sauces 1 Pack
- Price
- £1.01
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 391
- Age
- 5y ago

by Amazon Rigatoni 500g
- Price
- £0.76
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 523
- Age
- 9mo ago
Newest
by launch date
by Amazon Rigatoni 500g
- Price
- £0.76
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 523
- Age
- 9mo ago

by Amazon Farfalle 500g
- Price
- £0.77
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 435
- Age
- 9mo ago

by Amazon Conchiglie 500g
- Price
- £0.78
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 360
- Age
- 9mo ago

by Amazon Tricolore Fusilli 500g
- Price
- £0.74
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 420
- Age
- 9mo ago

Morrisons Penne Pasta 1kg
- Price
- £1.40
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 73
- Age
- 1y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
9 rising
Sellers
63
Est. top-5 brand share
95%
Top 20: 100%
Est. 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.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Search terms
Top Pasta search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated 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
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“that taste I would say is average”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
13 topics
Keep looking
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Best Flapen score
The highest-scoring niches we track right now, across every category.
FAQ
Common Pasta questions
Answered from the same tracked data.
Figures on this page are estimates modeled from public Amazon pages and third-party keyword data. Amazon does not supply them, and no connected seller's data is used. How we handle Amazon data









