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Porridge Pots

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But demand is soft, at -30.7% this quarter, so Porridge Pots is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
52
52 / 100
Top 23% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +6 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£139K/yr193K searches / yr
90-day growth
-30.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
36%top-5 click share · 8 brands · 84 sellers

Flapen Score

Porridge Pots against its category

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

52Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Porridge Pots market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Porridge Pots 193K times last year and spent an estimated £139K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Oct. Flapen scores it 52 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

11.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 193K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 11.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -30.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £139K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
193K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-30.7%
Conversion, latest week
11.6%
Market size, estimated
£139Ka year
Peak month
October2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
porridge pots124K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £6.21.

Listings sell for £6.21 on average, from £0.97 to £17.77. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £6.21 that is £3K to £5K a year per listing.

Average price
£6.21under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.97–£17.77
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£3K–£5K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

23% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 95% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #34 within Breakfast Cereal. It carries 346 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
23%
Prime listings
95%
Out of stock, average day
4.8%
Average rank
#34in Breakfast Cereal
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
346per listing
Listings tracked
43

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Porridge Pots 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 only 36% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£4K£8K£13K£17K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

84

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

36%

Top 20: 79%

Open market

4%

  • Quaker42%
  • Ambrosia24%
  • FUEL10K13%
  • Oatburst8%
  • Mornflake5%
  • Bio&Me4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Demand

Porridge Pots search demand

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

8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Oct · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Porridge Pots search terms shoppers use

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

  • porridge pots124K/yr
  • quaker porridge pots14K/yr
  • porridge pot12K/yr
  • ambrosia ready to eat porridge12K/yr
  • gluten free porridge pots4K/yr
  • porridge pots multipack6K/yr
  • ready to eat porridge pots4K/yr
  • oat pots4K/yr
  • instant porridge pots6K/yr
  • quaker oats pots3K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Porridge Pots

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

Complain

Rusts/Corrodes34%−0.22

They rust

already rust in lid

Rusty lids

Taste-Overall18%

tastes very cardboardy

Taste was awful

soapy taste to it

Quality-Overall8%−0.04

Cheap crap

Not the best

Not good quality

Value For Money6%

Can be bought cheaper

Expensive

Far too costly

Flavor3%+0.07

Not much flavours

They now have a strange flavour

Love

Taste-Overall27%

Tasty and easy to make

Nice taste easy to use

Absolutely delicious

Quality-Overall10%−0.04

Product is lovely

Excellent Product

Great product, great customer service

Ease Of Use10%+1.16

Very handy for on the go

Easy to make

ease of use

Nutritional Content6%+0.70

Great snack food

Perfect snack

Looks a good nutrition to have on the go

Advertised Vs Actual Product6%+0.71

Does the job

Just what I was looking for

Job done

Return

0.1% Return rate 25% Fixable by listing

Size-Overall23%▁▆▅▇▄█

the size of the pot promises much more product than it delivers

very small portion

Rusts/Corrodes22%▁▂▁▇▇█

They rust

already rust in lid

Rusty lids

Defective Material/Parts19%▁█▂▄▄▃
Leak-Proof12%▁▄█▄▂▇
Weight Heavy5%▁▁▁▁█▁

FAQ

Common Porridge Pots questions

Answered from the same tracked data.