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Rhubarb and Custard Sweets

Fail

Prices span $1.40–$16.58, mostly outside the sweet spot, so Rhubarb and Custard Sweets is a Fail.

Flapen Score
41
41 / 100
Ranks 2,140 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −5 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£115K/yr223K searches / yr
90-day growth
-4.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
81%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 32 sellers

Flapen Score

Rhubarb and Custard Sweets against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Rhubarb and Custard Sweets is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

41Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Rhubarb and Custard Sweets market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Rhubarb and Custard Sweets 223K times last year and spent an estimated £115K. The top 5 brands take 92% of clicks. Demand peaks in Dec. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 223K 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 -4.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £115K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
223K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-4.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.7%
Market size, estimated
£115Ka year
Peak month
December2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
rhubarb and custard sweets139K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.01.

Listings sell for £9.01 on average, from £1.40 to £16.58. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 20K to 25K a year. The average listing sells 2,500 to 3,000 of them. At £9.01 that is £23K to £27K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.01under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.40–£16.58
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
20K–25K
Units per listing a year
2,500–3,000
Revenue per listing a year
£23K–£27K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

40% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 70% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #28 within Confectionery. It carries 1,143 reviews at 4.22 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
40%
Prime listings
70%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#28in Confectionery
Average rating
4.22 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,143per listing
Listings tracked
10

04 · Newcomers

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

1 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 54 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

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

Products

Top Rhubarb and Custard Sweets 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 81% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£17K£35K£52K£69K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

7 rising

Sellers

32

Top-5 brand share

92%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

81%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • HARIBO69%
  • Berrymans8%
  • MyCandyShop7%
  • Bonds of London5%
  • Sweetzone4%
  • Krazy Kandi4%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 4%)

Demand

Rhubarb and Custard Sweets search demand

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

9K7KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Rhubarb and Custard Sweets search terms shoppers use

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

  • rhubarb and custard sweets139K/yr
  • haribo rhubarb and custard sweets50K/yr
  • rhubarb and custard16K/yr
  • rhubarb and custard haribo8K/yr
  • haribo rhubarb and custard7K/yr
  • rhubarb and custard sweets haribo4K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Rhubarb and Custard Sweets

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

Complain

Taste-Overall29%−0.08

Some taste stale

they taste pretty bleak

very little taste

Moist/Dry14%−0.11

Very greasy and look wet also dont taste like they used to

When they arrived sweets very wet

Sweets were wet soggy and greasy

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.04

doesnt come in tub as described

False Advertising, beware

Value For Money7%+0.83

Why so expensive

Expensive

I find them expensive

Hard Feel7%−0.05

Stale and hard

Please dont buy these, they are vile and rock hard

Love

Sweetness37%+3.51

Perfect sweet treat

ideal for sweety bags for kids

Quality sweet daughter

Taste-Overall27%−0.08

Really strong taste very will order again and again

So tasty

They taste as I remembered them as a kid

Value For Money13%+0.83

Excellent value

Good value

Worth the price

Advertised Vs Actual Product9%+0.04

As described

They look good in the photo

The item matches what it says it does

Quality-Overall4%+0.17

Excellent product

Perfect quality

quality is good

FAQ

Common Rhubarb and Custard Sweets questions

Answered from the same tracked data.