South African Food
FailDemand is soft, at -16.3% this quarter, so South African Food is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 42 / 100Ranks 2,003 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −4 vs the category median of 4642
- Market size
- £73K/yr107K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -16.3%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 62%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 49 sellers
Flapen Score
South African Food against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, South African Food is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The South African Food market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for South African Food 107K times last year and spent an estimated £73K. The top 5 brands take 86% of clicks. Flapen scores it 42 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
7.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 107K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -16.3% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £73K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 107K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -16.3%
- Conversion, latest week
- 7.7%
- Market size, estimated
- £73Ka year
- Peak month
- December1.4× the quietest month
- Top search term
- rusks28K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £8.83.
Listings sell for £8.83 on average, from £1.40 to £24.67. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £8.83 that is £7K to £9K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £8.83under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £1.40–£24.67
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 15K–20K
- Units per listing a year
- 750–1,000
- Revenue per listing a year
- £7K–£9K
- Returns
- 0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
30% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 70% ship with Prime. On an average day, 6.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #126 within Baby Foods. It carries 354 reviews at 4.64 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 30%
- Prime listings
- 70%
- Out of stock, average day
- 6.0%
- Average rank
- #126in Baby Foods
- Average rating
- 4.64 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 354per listing
- Listings tracked
- 20
04 · Newcomers
Amazon counts 0 of last year's 1 launches as successful.
1 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 53 months on average, so the names here are settling in.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 53 months
Products
Top South African Food products & what they sell for
Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Farleys Rusks Original Baby Food Snacks 6+ Months 300g
- Price
- £1.72
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 1,166
- Age
- 10y ago

Ouma Condensed Milk Flavoured Rusks 500 g
- Price
- £3.41
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 800
- Age
- 6y ago

Farleys All Ages Original Rusks 150 g
- Price
- £1.65
- Rating
- 4.8/5
- Reviews
- 139
- Age
- 12y ago

Biscuit Bundle With Farleys Rusks Reduced Sugar Snack 150g (3 Pack)
- Price
- £12.27
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 8
- Age
- 5mo ago

Nola Ouma Buttermilk Rusks 500G (2 Pack)
- Price
- £9.30
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 1,059
- Age
- 11y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Ouma Buttermilk Rusks 500g
- Price
- £8.12
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 35
- Age
- 12y ago

Ouma Muesli Rusks 500 g
- Price
- £5.61
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 212
- Age
- 6y ago

Biscuit Bundle With Farleys Rusks Reduced Sugar Snack 150g (3 Pack)
- Price
- £12.27
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 8
- Age
- 5mo ago

( 6 Pack ) Farleys All Ages 4-6 Months Onwards Farleys Rusks Original 150g
- Price
- £15.05
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 6y ago

Ouma Buttermilk Rusks 500 g (Pack of 3)
- Price
- £14.34
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 276
- Age
- 10y ago
Newest
by launch date
Biscuit Bundle With Farleys Rusks Reduced Sugar Snack 150g (3 Pack)
- Price
- £12.27
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 8
- Age
- 5mo ago

Heinz Farleys Rusks Reduced Sugar 300g - 2 Pack
- Price
- £8.32
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 9
- Age
- 2y ago

Organix Vanilla Organic Little Ruskits Organic Baby Snack 6+ Months 10 x 6 g Ruskits Per Box (4 Boxes Total)
- Price
- £8.77
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 103
- Age
- 3y ago

( 6 Pack ) Farleys All Ages 4-6 Months Onwards Farleys Rusks Original 150g
- Price
- £15.05
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 6y ago

Ouma South African Rusks 500g (Buttermilk Museli and Condensed Milk)
- Price
- £13.85
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 214
- Age
- 6y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
9 rising
Sellers
49
Top-5 brand share
86%
Top 20: 98%
Top-5 click share
62%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
7%
- HEINZ27%
- Ouma22%
- BAKERS EST 185115%
- Farley's12%
- Generic10%
- Nola7%
- Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 7%)
Demand
South African Food search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×
Search terms
Top South African Food search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- rusks28K/yr
- ouma rusks21K/yr
- farleys rusks original18K/yr
- rusk15K/yr
- rusks for babies12K/yr
- farleys rusks8K/yr
- baby rusks3K/yr
- ouma2K/yr
- rusks baby422/yr
- rusks baby farleys7/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about South African Food
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
expensive
always a bit pricey
Bring the price down
All three boxes of rusks were stale
Bought 2 boxes of these rusks and one box were horrible and stale,
They crumble in your mouth
bag containing the rusks split too with three quarters reduced to crumbs
Not executable
It doesnt have a really strong condense milk flavour
Love
Lovely taste
Good biscuits
Very nice treat
We continued giving these to our children as they have grown as a reduced sugar alternative biscuit
Happy I found these as other rusks have loads of sugar in
Not bad, not sweet biscuits
Love these, great flavour and crunch
I limit myself to 1 a week as a treat - delicious
The best rusks flavour
Arrived promptly, fresh product
Delivered fresh and fast
value for money
Very good price considering what other sellers are charging
.worth the order
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FAQ
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