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Protein Cereal

Protein Cereal shows low returns (0.1%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

59
Worth a look
Market size 48Growth 29Conversion 65Competition 61Returns 100Price range 63Avg price 79Brand share 5Review moat 90Quality gap 95
This niche Category average

Is Protein Cereal profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Protein Cereal is a £259K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (267K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Verdict: Worth a look — 59/100.

Protein Cereal: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved +3.6% over the last 90 days and 5.9% of searches end in a purchase.

£259K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr20K
Search volume / yr+3.6%267K
Conversion rate5.9%
Avg price£16.59

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand, so 2% of the market is open.

2%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 58
Top-5 product click share49%
Open market2%
Avg brand age56 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.0★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 29 products

Sponsored placement62%
New entrants (1y)7· 5 succeeded
Avg rating4.0★
Avg reviews203

Top Protein Cereal products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 49% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£13K£26K£39K£52K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

58

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

49%

Top 20: 90%

Open market

1%

  • Surreal72%
  • Weetabix14%
  • Kellogg's9%
  • FUEL10K3%
  • Cheeky Pete's1%
  • UFIT1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 1%)

Protein Cereal demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume267KCVR5.9%Products29Brands7Top 5 Brands98%OOS Rate7.0%Rating4.0★Reviews203Avg BSR#0
8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.4×

Top Protein Cereal search terms shoppers use

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

  • surreal cereal105K/yr
  • protein cereal68K/yr
  • surreal29K/yr
  • weetabix protein22K/yr
  • protein weetabix13K/yr
  • high protein cereal12K/yr
  • surreal protein cereal6K/yr
  • magic spoon cereal6K/yr
  • sureal3K/yr
  • sureally healthy cereal3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Protein Cereal

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

80% of reviews
Taste-Overall31%

Amazing taste

Nutritional Content17%

High Protein

Flavor8%

Such strong flavours

Sweetness7%

Its tasty, sweet, crunchy and really good

Crispiness5%

Super Crunchy

What buyers complain about

66% of reviews
Taste-Overall18%

Artificial taste

Value For Money13%

bit pricey

Sweetness11%

No sugar

Flavor7%

And they have a very artificial flavour

Artificial Sweeteners5%

is so full of artificial sweetener that it leaves a chemically aftertaste in your mouth

Common Protein Cereal questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Protein Cereal 59/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £259K/yr across 29 tracked products. 5 of 7 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +3.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Protein Cereal on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb, where the busiest month runs 2.4× the quietest.