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Plant-based Milk

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But prices span $1.45–$15.82, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Plant-based Milk is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 27% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +5 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£391K/yr310K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
51%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 51 sellers

Flapen Score

Plant-based Milk against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Plant-based Milk is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

51Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Plant-based Milk market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plant-based Milk 310K times last year and spent an estimated £391K. The top 5 brands take 97% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

17.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 310K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 17.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -4.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £391K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
310K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.0%
Conversion, latest week
17.3%
Market size, estimated
£391Ka year
Peak month
November1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
soya milk179K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £7.30.

Listings sell for £7.30 on average, from £1.45 to £15.82. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 60K to 80K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £7.30 that is £18K to £22K a year per listing.

Average price
£7.30under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.45–£15.82
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
60K–80K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£18K–£22K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

38% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #23 within Fresh & Chilled. It carries 432 reviews at 4.43 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
38%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#23in Fresh & Chilled
Average rating
4.43 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
432per listing
Listings tracked
21

04 · Newcomers

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

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 71 months on average, so the names here are established.

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

Products

Top Plant-based Milk 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 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£39K£78K£117K£157K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

51

Top-5 brand share

97%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 99%

Open market

1%

  • Alpro69%
  • Rude Health9%
  • Morrisons9%
  • PLENISH6%
  • by Amazon4%
  • Glebe Farm2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Demand

Plant-based Milk search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Plant-based Milk search terms shoppers use

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

  • soya milk179K/yr
  • soy milk38K/yr
  • alpro soya milk35K/yr
  • soya20K/yr
  • unsweetened soya milk9K/yr
  • soya milk unsweetened7K/yr
  • alpro soya7K/yr
  • barista soya milk4K/yr
  • alpro soya milk no sugar3K/yr
  • soya barista milk3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plant-based Milk

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

Complain

Taste-Overall24%−0.02

Phoned amazon to inform them that the product tastes funny

Odd taste

it tastes disgusting

Sweetness10%−0.05

not weirdly sweet like some

Full of sugar

it's full of sugar and not recommended

Durability9%−0.08

Milk doesnt last

This milk goes off after being open 3 days

Artificial Sweeteners4%−0.02

A bit artificially sweet

Full of sugar

it's full of sugar and not recommended

Texture/Consistency-Overall4%−0.03

Too much yucky powdery stuff at the bottom

Love

Taste-Overall27%−0.02

Great taste

tastes good in tea

Great in my tea

Nutritional Content11%+0.91

Additional protein,

a good protein content

Great quality and higher in protein

Value For Money10%+1.19

Value for money

Price reasonably competitive

Great price

Quality-Overall9%−0.07

Good quality

Reliable quality

The product is fine

Vegan/Organic7%+0.45

Best plant milk

Over the years I have personally found this brand to be totally superior to any of the other varieties of artificial milk replacers

Good vegan quality

FAQ

Common Plant-based Milk questions

Answered from the same tracked data.