plantain chips
Worth a lookShows low returns (0.0%), but a small market ($85K/yr) keeps it on the watch list.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Review moat
Great104.05avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Avg price
Good£14.53avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Conversion
Good5.7%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Quality gap
Good4.4★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Price range
Good£0.80–£35.54cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Competition
Okay60%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Brand share
Okay81%top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
Growth
Bad-5.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad£85K£85K/yr · 103K searches
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, plantain chips is a £85K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (103K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 81% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 51/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
plantain chips market data
- Units sold / yr
- 8K–10K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- £116K–£145K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 5.7%
- Avg BSR
- #265
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 67%
- Sponsored
- 38%
- Out of stock
- 3.2%
- Avg brand age
- 51 months
- Avg seller age
- 171 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
12 falling
Sellers
54
Top-5 brand share
81%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
60%
Top 20: 99%
Open market
15%
- Tropical Sun43%
- Olu Olu Gourmet11%
- Generic10%
- Samai9%
- Gharana Swaad Ka Khazaana9%
- Grace4%
- Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 15%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -5.4% search growth over the last 90 days.No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×
Top plantain chips search terms
- plantain chips81K/yr
- olu olu plantain chips10K/yr
- plantain chips box9K/yr
- sweet plantain chips3K/yr
Top plantain chips products on Amazon
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
All 21 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Tropical Sun Sweet Plantain Chips 450g (Pack of 1)
Tropical Sun£6.744.3★61 rev
Olu Olu Sweet Yellow Plantain Chips 24 x 60g
Olu Olu Gourmet£23.564.6★354 rev
Tropical Sun Salted Plantain Chips 450g (Pack of 1)
Tropical Sun£7.544.6★84 rev
Olu Olu Sweet Yellow Plantain Chips 24 x 60g | 100% Natural | Naturally Sweet | Yellow Plantain Chips | Heartly Crunch | Authentic Flavours
Gharana Swaad Ka Khazaana£22.564.5★144 rev
Tropical Sun Sweet Chilli Flavour Plantain Chips 450g (Pack of 1)
Tropical Sun£5.763.4★16 rev
Newest
by launch date
Green Plantain Chips Gluten Free High in Fibre Salted 85g Premium Snack 3-Pack
Generic£6.663 rev
Olu Olu Plantain Chips Chilli 60g I Box of 24
GENERIC£29.032 rev
Olu Olu Plantain Chips Chilli 60g I Box of 24
Generic£21.944 rev
Olu Olu Plantain Chips Mixed Box Pack of 24 (8 Green 8 Red 8 Yellow Plantain chips)
Generic£22.526 rev
Olu Olu Plantain Chips Mixed Box of Yellow and Red Plantain Chips (Pack of 24-12 Red and 12 Yellow)
Generic£22.226 rev
Trending
90-day click momentumGreen Plantain Chips Gluten Free High in Fibre Salted 85g Premium Snack 3-Pack
Generic£6.664.6★
Tropical Sun Sweet Chilli Flavour Plantain Chips 450g (Pack of 1)
Tropical Sun£5.763.4★
Grace Green Plantain Salted Chips 85g
Grace£0.994.4★
Tropical Sun Sweet Plantain Chips 450g (Pack of 1)
Tropical Sun£6.744.3★
Olu Olu Plantain Chips Mixed Box Pack of 24 (8 Green 8 Red 8 Yellow Plantain chips)
Generic£22.524.7★
What buyers say about plantain chips
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Amazing taste”
“The chips are nicely crunchy without being too hard”
“Quality”
“The yellow packs very sweet”
“Nourish”
“It was money well spent”
“Tastes so good and lightly salted”
“Ok. Lovely these are texture is crunchy ok value for money quality is good flavor is good not too sweet”
“Good texture”
“Good quantity”
What buyers complain about
“are more expensive”
“Red hot spicy chips packs in this mix box not as hot & Spicy, however, tastes good”
“A bit too hard”
“Unfortunately these plantain crisps were stale :”
“Have added sugar which makes these to sweet for me. and less healthy than naturally sweet ripe plantain chips”
“I finished it all within a weeks didn't last long very nice”
“Terrible taste”
“trust me because of the burn taste in mouth it is not sweet anymore”
“the flavour gone”
“This didnt last long nicely salted”
Common questions
- Is plantain chips profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £85K/yr across 21 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -5.4%. Flapen's verdict: Worth a look (51/100).
- How competitive is the plantain chips niche?
- 12 brands and 54 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 60% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 81% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in plantain chips?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Value For Money, Spiciness, Hard Feel. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for plantain chips peak?
- Demand is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.3× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the plantain chips niche?
- Listings span £0.80–£35.54; the average listing price is £14.53 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 104 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.