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Samyang Carbonara Noodles

Fail

Demand is soft, at -31.3% this quarter, so Samyang Carbonara Noodles is a Fail.

Flapen Score
49
49 / 100
Top 36% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +3 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£182K/yr208K searches / yr
90-day growth
-31.3%search demand this quarter
Competition
48%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 37 sellers

Flapen Score

Samyang Carbonara Noodles against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Samyang Carbonara Noodles is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

49Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Samyang Carbonara Noodles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Samyang Carbonara Noodles 208K times last year and spent an estimated £182K. The top 5 brands take 79% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 49 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.8% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 208K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -31.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £182K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
208K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-31.3%
Conversion, latest week
7.8%
Market size, estimated
£182Ka year
Peak month
January2.0× the quietest month
Top search term
buldak noodles carbonara97K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.14.

Listings sell for £11.14 on average, from £7.67 to £16.51. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 500 to 750 of them. At £11.14 that is £6K to £8K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.14under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.67–£16.51
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
15K–20K
Units per listing a year
500–750
Revenue per listing a year
£6K–£8K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 40% ship with Prime. On an average day, 20.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #109 within Instant Meals & Sides. It carries 126 reviews at 4.55 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
40%
Out of stock, average day
20.0%
Average rank
#109in Instant Meals & Sides
Average rating
4.55 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
126per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 40 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
40 months

Products

Top Samyang Carbonara Noodles 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 48% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£7K£15K£22K£29K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)2 products missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

11 flat

Sellers

37

Top-5 brand share

79%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

48%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

15%

  • Generic43%
  • Blissify14%
  • WaNaHong7%
  • FERRIS7%
  • EDE Group7%
  • Edenarch6%
  • Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 15%)

Demand

Samyang Carbonara Noodles search demand

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

7K5KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Search terms

Top Samyang Carbonara Noodles search terms shoppers use

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

  • buldak noodles carbonara97K/yr
  • buldak carbonara34K/yr
  • carbonara buldak19K/yr
  • carbonara noodles31K/yr
  • buldak carbonara noodles12K/yr
  • samyang carbonara noodles6K/yr
  • samyang carbonara1K/yr
  • creamy carbonara buldak2K/yr
  • carbonara buldak noodles2K/yr
  • pink ramen1K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Samyang Carbonara Noodles

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

Complain

Spiciness18%+0.49

I find the sauce too hot

They're not as spicy as the original buldak

were instantly put off by how spicy they were

Ingredients-Overall12%−0.20

Disgusting product full. of known harmful substances

Disgrace its talem this long to find dangerous substances in the product

I got a notice from Amazon about how this product had to be refunded to me because it has cancerous ingredients do not buy

Flavor8%−0.01

Not much flavour other than hot

the hot sauce destroys the flavour of the carbonnara so defeats the object really

Taste-Overall5%+2.61

Quite often these types of products can taste quite artificial

I like the taste not sure if the price is worth it you can

Product Condition5%−0.10

Product recalled

Love

Taste-Overall40%+2.61

Nice noodle and tastes nice

Taste good easy to make

So tasty

Flavor11%−0.01

the flavour packets are lovely

Great flavour

rich creamy with bold flavour

Value For Money9%+0.58

These noodles are value for money

Excellent value

Good value

Quality-Overall7%+0.53

Reasonable and good quality products

Fantastic product

the quality is worth the extra work

Spiciness5%+0.49

The Creamiest Spicy Noodles

Super satisfying if you like spicy food

Truly delish, not too spicy

FAQ

Common Samyang Carbonara Noodles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.