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Samyang Noodles

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But demand is soft, at -25.2% this quarter, so Samyang Noodles is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
62
62 / 100
Top 4% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +16 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£916K/yr1.3M searches / yr
90-day growth
-25.2%search demand this quarter
Competition
35%top-5 click share · 16 brands · 56 sellers

Flapen Score

Samyang Noodles against its category

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

62Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Samyang Noodles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Samyang Noodles 1.3M times last year and spent an estimated £916K. The top 5 brands take 72% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan. Flapen scores it 62 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.3M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -25.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £916K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.3M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-25.2%
Conversion, latest week
6.0%
Market size, estimated
£916Ka year
Peak month
January1.7× the quietest month
Top search term
buldak340K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £11.39.

Listings sell for £11.39 on average, from £1.49 to £41.61. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £11.39 that is £14K to £17K a year per listing.

Average price
£11.39under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£1.49–£41.61
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£14K–£17K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

68% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 56% ship with Prime. On an average day, 11.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #94 within Instant Meals & Sides. It carries 599 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
68%
Prime listings
56%
Out of stock, average day
11.3%
Average rank
#94in Instant Meals & Sides
Average rating
4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
599per listing
Listings tracked
41

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 9 launches as successful.

9 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 45 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
9
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
45 months

Products

Top Samyang 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 only 35% of clicks. An open shelf where new products get seen.

£0£27K£55K£82K£110K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

16 rising

Sellers

56

Top-5 brand share

72%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

35%

Top 20: 80%

Open market

23%

  • Generic26%
  • SAMYANG21%
  • SPICEHUB11%
  • Blissify9%
  • WaNaHong6%
  • FERRIS5%

Demand

Samyang Noodles search demand

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

40K30KSpike '24Holiday '24Spike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Search terms

Top Samyang Noodles search terms shoppers use

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

  • buldak340K/yr
  • buldak noodles606K/yr
  • buldak noodles carbonara97K/yr
  • samyang62K/yr
  • samyang noodles53K/yr
  • buldak carbonara34K/yr
  • carbonara buldak19K/yr
  • buldak ramen23K/yr
  • buldak dumplings13K/yr
  • carbonara noodles31K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Samyang Noodles

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

Complain

Spiciness20%+3.02

Had to give all the extra spicy ones away

isn't as spicy as some of the other buldak noodles

Very spicy

Taste-Overall14%+0.99

Quite often these types of products can taste quite artificial

Tastes like plastic

theres no taste of it

Flavor8%−0.04

the flavour lacks just a bit

The cheese and chicken ones are very bland, the small seasoning sachet did not flavour the noodles well

Its the hot spicy chicken flavour not artificial as it says on Amazon

Value For Money7%−0.03

Avoid at all cost

Waste of money

I wish the price was cheaper especially with the portion sizes being small

Ingredients-Overall7%−0.11

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

Love

Taste-Overall39%+0.99

So tasty and filling

Taste good easy to make

So tasty

Spiciness19%+3.02

Best Spicy Tasty

Nice and spicy

Quite spicy too

Flavor9%−0.04

Really good mix of flavours

Great flavour

the flavour packets are lovely

Value For Money6%−0.03

Good value

Excellent value

Good value for money

Quality-Overall3%−0.04

Fantastic product

great brand through

the same quality

FAQ

Common Samyang Noodles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.