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Plantain Chips

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But shoppers spend only $85K a year here, so Plantain Chips is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
51
51 / 100
Top 27% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +5 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£85K/yr103K searches / yr
90-day growth
-5.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
60%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 54 sellers

Flapen Score

Plantain Chips against its category

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

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

Market

The Plantain Chips market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Plantain Chips 103K times last year and spent an estimated £85K. The top 5 brands take 81% of clicks. Flapen scores it 51 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 103K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -5.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £85K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
103K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-5.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.7%
Market size, estimated
£85Ka year
Peak month
October1.3× the quietest month
Top search term
plantain chips81K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £14.53.

Listings sell for £14.53 on average, from £0.80 to £35.54. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 8K to 10K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £14.53 that is £1K to £4K a year per listing.

Average price
£14.53under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.80–£35.54
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
8K–10K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£4K
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. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #265 within Dried Fruits, Nuts & Vegetables. It carries 104 reviews at 4.37 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
38%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
3.2%
Average rank
#265in Dried Fruits, Nuts & Vegetables
Average rating
4.37 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
104per listing
Listings tracked
21

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 51 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Plantain Chips 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 60% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£9K£17K£26K£34K1101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

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

Plantain Chips search demand

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

2K2KSpike '24Prime Day '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Search terms

Top Plantain Chips search terms shoppers use

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

  • plantain chips81K/yr
  • olu olu plantain chips10K/yr
  • plantain chips box9K/yr
  • sweet plantain chips3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Plantain Chips

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

Complain

Value For Money21%−0.06

are more expensive

expensive to buy it from here

super expensive, I only buy when a deal is on

Spiciness9%−0.05

Red hot spicy chips packs in this mix box not as hot & Spicy, however, tastes good

The seasoning isn't very nice, just like spicy salt & sugar really

Hard Feel7%−0.06

A bit too hard

Stale/Rotten/Spoiled7%−0.06

Unfortunately these plantain crisps were stale :

Artificial Sweeteners7%−0.06

Have added sugar which makes these to sweet for me. and less healthy than naturally sweet ripe plantain chips

Love

Taste-Overall34%+2.67

Amazing taste

The taste feels authentic and enjoyable

Very tasty snack

Crispiness20%+0.79

The chips are nicely crunchy without being too hard

Each piece has a good crisp bite to it

Nice and crunchy

Quality-Overall9%−0.02

Quality

Good quality very test nice needs to bought twice

I have zero complaints

Sweetness8%+0.02

The yellow packs very sweet

It provides a nice balance between sweet and savoury

natural sweetness makes them incredibly easy to snack on

Soft Feel4%

Nourish

FAQ

Common Plantain Chips questions

Answered from the same tracked data.