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Protein Shakes

Protein Shakes shows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

60
Worth a look
Market size 66Growth 27Conversion 64Competition 66Returns 100Price range 63Avg price 70Brand share 31Review moat 74Quality gap 62
This niche Category average

Is Protein Shakes profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Protein Shakes is a £639K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (775K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 60/100.

Protein Shakes: 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 +1.9% over the last 90 days and 5.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£639K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr+1.9%775K
Conversion rate5.7%
Avg price£14.43

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers15 · 89
Top-5 product click share45%
Open market14%
Avg brand age57 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.4★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 40 products

Sponsored placement83%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.4★
Avg reviews529

Top Protein Shakes 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 45% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£26K£51K£77K£102K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

15 falling

Sellers

89

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

45%

Top 20: 82%

Open market

11%

  • UFIT47%
  • Grenade24%
  • For Goodness Shakes8%
  • FUEL10K5%
  • Huel3%
  • SlimFast3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (9 brands, 11%)

Protein Shakes demand & seasonality

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

Volume775KCVR5.7%Products40Brands15Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.4★Reviews529Avg BSR#18
20K15KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Protein Shakes search terms shoppers use

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

  • protein shakes144K/yr
  • protein drinks127K/yr
  • ufit 50g protein shake67K/yr
  • protein shakes ready to drink49K/yr
  • protein drink56K/yr
  • grenade protein shake40K/yr
  • ufit38K/yr
  • protein drinks for weight loss35K/yr
  • protein milkshake21K/yr
  • high protein shakes22K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Protein Shakes

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Taste-Overall37%

Lovely smooth taste

Nutritional Content15%

Great protein shake

Flavor10%

Really nice flavor

Value For Money9%

Amazing price

Quality-Overall8%

Decent stuff

What buyers complain about

63% of reviews
Taste-Overall25%

Not tasty

Value For Money7%

Very pricey

Thickness6%

Very thick

Sweetness6%

have no sugar

Flavor6%

Banana flavour which isnt particularly nice

Protein Shakes return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.0%

Return rate

0%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Taste-Overall
33%
2Flavor
33%
3Leak-Proof
17%
4Nutritional Content
8%
5Smell
8%

Common Protein Shakes questions

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

Flapen scores Protein Shakes 60/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £639K/yr across 40 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +1.9% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Protein Shakes on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.