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Salt Water Taffy

Fail

The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks, so Salt Water Taffy is a Fail.

Flapen Score
44
44 / 100
Ranks 1,743 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −2 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£101K/yr138K searches / yr
90-day growth
-19.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
76%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 6 sellers

Flapen Score

Salt Water Taffy against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Salt Water Taffy is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

44Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Salt Water Taffy market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Salt Water Taffy 138K times last year and spent an estimated £101K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

5.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 138K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -19.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £101K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
138K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-19.8%
Conversion, latest week
5.3%
Market size, estimated
£101Ka year
Top search term
salt water taffy76K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £13.83.

Listings sell for £13.83 on average, from £4.99 to £29.21. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £13.83 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.

Average price
£13.83under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.99–£29.21
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
3K–4K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£1K–£3K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

17% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 67% ship with Prime. On an average day, 15.8% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #0 within Confectionery. It carries 16 reviews at 4.34 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
17%
Prime listings
67%
Out of stock, average day
15.8%
Average rank
#0in Confectionery
Average rating
4.34 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
16per listing
Listings tracked
12

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 10 launches as successful.

10 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 0 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 33 months on average, so a newcomer is not facing entrenched names.

Launched, last 12 months
10
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
33 months

Products

Top Salt Water Taffy 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 76% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£10K£20K£30K£40K110100 Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

6 rising

Sellers

6

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

76%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Americanstuff39%
  • MyCandyShop20%
  • Generic13%
  • Caribou Candy12%
  • Candy Lane12%
  • Bug's Pantry4%

Demand

Salt Water Taffy search demand

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

4K3KSpike '26Prime Day '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.8× · 8 of 12 months tracked

Search terms

Top Salt Water Taffy search terms shoppers use

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

  • salt water taffy76K/yr
  • taffy18K/yr
  • saltwater taffy sweets16K/yr
  • saltwater taffy23K/yr
  • taffy town5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Salt Water Taffy

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

Complain

Value For Money12%−0.18

The value for money is not great as it is £10 for this pack which seems steep to me

disappointing as they cost a lot of money

pricey

Flavor12%−0.09

strange flavours

but some flavours are not the best

I found there is also a ginger/cinnamon flavour type which I didnt like at all, unfortunately

Salt Content10%−0.06

maybe that's not what salt water taffy means

Salt content is not given

they do taste salty

Sweetness4%+0.29

These are obviously sugary sweets

aren't nearly as sweet or sickly as you might expect from sugary sweets

none of the sweets have strong tastes

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing3%−0.01

Not as chewy as our toffee

found it chewier than most toffees

it does stick to your teeth quite badly

Love

Taste-Overall19%+2.28

Its delicious

They do mostly taste fruity

very tasty on the whole

Flavor15%−0.09

Great variety of flavours

the flavours are quite enjoyable

Great flavour

Sweetness13%+0.29

These are really interesting sweets

I absolutely loved these sweets

Unique sweet treat

Salt Content6%−0.06

Interesting tastes some of them are amazing with the added sea salt taste some of them i was not sure

The salt was quite nice

I really enjoyed this pack of salt water taffy

Ease Of Chewing/Swallowing6%−0.01

consistent chew that doesn't overstay its welcome

there are certainly similar soft chews available

They are nice and chewy and soft

FAQ

Common Salt Water Taffy questions

Answered from the same tracked data.