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Red Food Colouring

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 96% of clicks) — Red Food Colouring doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

43
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Market size 52Growth 12Conversion 99Competition 24Returns 100Price range 52Avg price 21Brand share 11Review moat 25Quality gap 35
This niche Category average

Is Red Food Colouring profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Red Food Colouring is a £331K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (242K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand. Demand peaks in Feb. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.

Red Food Colouring: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -26.8% over the last 90 days and 18.2% of searches end in a purchase.

£331K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr50K
Search volume / yr-26.8%242K
Conversion rate18.2%
Avg price£7.51

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 96% of demand, so 4% of the market is open.

4%

open market share

Brands · sellers7 · 19
Top-5 product click share71%
Open market4%
Avg brand age59 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 13 products

Sponsored placement54%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews4,506

Top Red Food Colouring 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 capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£33K£66K£99K£132K1001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 falling

Sellers

19

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Sugarflair Colours67%
  • Colour Splash9%
  • Belissia8%
  • Rainbow Dust7%
  • Dekozauber244%
  • PME2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Red Food Colouring demand & seasonality

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

Volume242KCVR18.2%Products13Brands7Top 5 Brands96%OOS Rate1.9%Rating4.5★Reviews4,506Avg BSR#34
8K6KSpike '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.1×

Top Red Food Colouring search terms shoppers use

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

  • red food colouring87K/yr
  • sugarflair food colouring30K/yr
  • red food colouring gel22K/yr
  • sugar flair food colouring13K/yr
  • sugarflair red extra food colouring12K/yr
  • food colouring paste12K/yr
  • colour mill red10K/yr
  • red gel food colouring7K/yr
  • red velvet food colouring4K/yr
  • red colour mill8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Red Food Colouring

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

What buyers love

90% of reviews
Color46%

Bright colour

Quality-Overall13%

Excellent quality

Value For Money7%

Value for money

Baking6%

Can use in baking

Advertised Vs Actual Product5%

As described

What buyers complain about

74% of reviews
Color43%

Was not red

Artificial Colors6%

accidentally created a shade visible from space

Taste-Overall6%

No taste and very red

Value For Money5%

Pricey

Size-Overall5%

although it is small its value for money

Common Red Food Colouring questions

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

Flapen scores Red Food Colouring 43/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £331K/yr across 13 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -26.8% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Red Food Colouring on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Feb, where the busiest month runs 2.1× the quietest.