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title: "Shrimps and Bananas Sweets — £32K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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description: "Niche score 43/100 · £32K/yr market · 41K searches/yr · £8.95 avg price. Doesn't clear our bar today. Data updated Jul 2026."
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# **shrimps and bananas sweets**
**Skip it**
Prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($5.43–$13.23) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 8Growth 55Conversion 82Competition 17Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 25Brand share 36Review moat 82Quality gap 42
**Returns**
**Incredible****0.0%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Conversion**
**Great****8.8%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Review moat**
**Great****353.55**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Growth**
**Good****+28.4%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Quality gap**
**Okay****4.5★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Brand share**
**Okay****83%**
top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand
**Avg price**
**Okay****£8.95**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Competition**
**Bad****79%**
top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
**Market size**
**Bad****£32K**
£32K/yr · 41K searches
**Price range**
**Bad****£5.43–£13.23**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Signals**[** Out of Stock**](https://flapen.com/research/niches?market=uk&signal=out_of_stock "OOS rate > 10%")
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, shrimps and bananas sweets is a £32K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (41K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 43/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **shrimps and bananas sweets market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **4K–5K**
- avg 250–500/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **£36K–£45K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **8.8%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#236**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **82%**
- **Sponsored**
- **55%**
- **Out of stock**
- **49.6%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **43 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **181 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products capture 79% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.
**Brands**
**10 **▲rising
**Sellers**
**14**
**Top-5 brand share**
**83%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**79%**
Top 20: 100%
**Open market**
**13%**
- Barratt46% - Bargain Gateway19% - Turners Sweet Shop8% - THE SWEET JAR CO.6% - Sweetish4% - Bentley & Ackerman4% - Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 13%)
## **Demand**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 29 weeks — +28.4% search growth over the last 90 days.
1K750Spike '26Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/shrimps-and-bananas-sweets/trend)
## **Top shrimps and bananas sweets search terms**
- **shrimps and bananas sweets**27K/yr+30.4%7.2% conv. - **banana and shrimp sweets**7K/yr+41.4%5.9% conv. - **shrimp and banana sweets**4K/yr-2.2%6.8% conv. - **shrimps and bananas sweets 3kg**3K/yr+28.4%3.6% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/shrimps-and-bananas-sweets/search-terms)
## **Top shrimps and bananas sweets products on Amazon**
Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.
0%15%£5K30%£10K45%£14K60%£19K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 11 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Barratt Assorted Foam Shrimps and Bananas 1kg Bag**Barratt**£6.74**4.5★3,455 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HS1T310) [2**BG Quality Pick & Mix Sweets - Soft Foam Jelly Gummy Mix Shrimps & Bananas Pink Yellow Sweeties 500g Pouch**Bargain Gateway**£7.60**4.8★6 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7HV6J3W) [3**Bananas & Shrimps - 385g by Turners Sweet Shop Traditional Retro Gift Jar Classic Original Pick & Mix Sweets Quality Confectionary Fantastic Gifts for Him Her or Them**Turners Sweet Shop**£13.23**4.5★12 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CNZ4QM4W) [4**Foam Bananas and Shrimps 1 Kilo Bag**THE SWEET JAR CO.**£8.31**4.3★9 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQ8VDVB2) [5**BG Quality Pick & Mix Sweets - Soft Foam Jelly Gummy Mix Shrimps Bananas Shells Milkshakes Feet Sweeties 500g Pouch**Bargain Gateway**£8.11**4.4★31 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DHFPT5KJ)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Shrimps And Banana Sweets - Foam Banana and Shrimps Sweets - 1 Kilo Bulk Pack - 1KG - Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gift & Sharing By Sweetish**Sweetish**£10.88**3 rev3mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GVSBHWPC) [**Original Foam Shrimps And Banana Sweets - 1kg Bulk Bag - Retro Pick & Mix Parties & Sharing. Bentley & Ackerman Sweet Shop.**Bentley & Ackerman**£10.74**16 rev11mo ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FMQMGZHN) [**BG Quality Pick & Mix Sweets - Soft Foam Jelly Gummy Mix Shrimps & Bananas Pink Yellow Sweeties 500g Pouch**Bargain Gateway**£7.60**6 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7HV6J3W) [**BG Quality Pick & Mix Sweets - Soft Foam Jelly Gummy Mix Shrimps Bananas Shells Milkshakes Feet Sweeties 500g Pouch**Bargain Gateway**£8.11**31 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DHFPT5KJ) [**Bananas & Shrimps - 385g by Turners Sweet Shop Traditional Retro Gift Jar Classic Original Pick & Mix Sweets Quality Confectionary Fantastic Gifts for Him Her or Them**Turners Sweet Shop**£13.23**12 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CNZ4QM4W)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Shrimps And Banana Sweets - Foam Banana and Shrimps Sweets - 1 Kilo Bulk Pack - 1KG - Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gift & Sharing By Sweetish**Sweetish**£10.88**5.0★**▲ 240%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GVSBHWPC) [**Bananas & Shrimps - 385g by Turners Sweet Shop Traditional Retro Gift Jar Classic Original Pick & Mix Sweets Quality Confectionary Fantastic Gifts for Him Her or Them**Turners Sweet Shop**£13.23**4.5★**▲ 183%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CNZ4QM4W) [**Mini Foam Shrimps and Bananas Gift Box Hamper Birthday Present (BIRTHDAY MULTI COLOURED)**Creative Gift Supplies**£12.49**5.0★**▲ 179%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7Y26CJG) [**BG Quality Pick & Mix Sweets - Soft Foam Jelly Gummy Mix Shrimps & Bananas Pink Yellow Sweeties 500g Pouch**Bargain Gateway**£7.60**4.8★**▲ 141%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F7HV6J3W) [**Foam Bananas and Shrimps 1 Kilo Bag**THE SWEET JAR CO.**£8.31**4.3★**▲ 112%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CQ8VDVB2)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about shrimps and bananas sweets**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Taste-Overall**35%
*“Great taste in these Banana & Shrimps”*
**Value For Money**14%
*“Great value”*
**Sweetness**12%
*“Great Sweets”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**8%
*“as advertised”*
**Flavor**6%
*“Nice flavour, enjoyed them”*
**Quality-Overall**6%
*“Good quality”*
**Soft Feel**4%
*“Soft and sweet, worth the money and definitely would buy again”*
**Size-Overall**3%
*“Size was great”*
**Moist/Dry**1%
*“Great tasting and fairly moist unlike other brands”*
**Texture/Consistency-Overall**1%
*“texture is firm”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Taste-Overall**26%
*“The shrimps taste weird”*
**Size-Overall**10%
*“shrimps & bananas really small & very very hard”*
**Flavor**8%
*“Not as I expected the banana flavour ones are okay”*
**Hard Feel**8%
*“shrimps & bananas really small & very very hard”*
**Stale/Rotten/Spoiled**6%
*“Got susar in them”*
**Sweetness**5%
*“Unfortunately these have no taste other than sugar”*
**Durability**4%
*“Only problem was they should have lasted longer”*
**Sour**4%
*“Shrimps taste sour”*
**Value For Money**3%
*“They're cheap for a reason”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**2%
*“Not quite as described”*
## **Common questions**
- **Is shrimps and bananas sweets profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?**
- The niche generates £32K/yr across 11 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +28.4%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (43/100).
- **How competitive is the shrimps and bananas sweets niche?**
- 10 brands and 14 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 79% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 83% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in shrimps and bananas sweets?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Taste-Overall, Size-Overall, Flavor. The return rate is 0.0%.
- **What does it cost to enter the shrimps and bananas sweets niche?**
- Listings span £5.43–£13.23; the average listing price is £8.95 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 354 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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