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Space Food

Fail

The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks, so Space Food is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 44% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£30K/yr41K searches / yr
90-day growth
-21.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
55%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 9 sellers

Flapen Score

Space Food against its category

The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Space Food is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Space Food market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Space Food 41K times last year and spent an estimated £30K. The top 5 brands take 98% of clicks. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

7.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 41K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 7.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -21.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £30K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
41K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-21.4%
Conversion, latest week
7.6%
Market size, estimated
£30Ka year
Peak month
December2.5× the quietest month
Top search term
freeze dried ice cream13K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.57.

Listings sell for £9.57 on average, from £5.30 to £27.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 3K to 4K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.57 that is £957 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.57under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.30–£27.38
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
£957–£2K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

23% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 82% ship with Prime. On an average day, 22.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #516 within Dried Fruits, Nuts & Vegetables. It carries 251 reviews at 3.99 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
23%
Prime listings
82%
Out of stock, average day
22.7%
Average rank
#516in Dried Fruits, Nuts & Vegetables
Average rating
3.99 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
251per listing
Listings tracked
22

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 0 of last year's 3 launches as successful.

3 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 60 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
3
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
60 months

Products

Top Space Food 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 55% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£3K£6K£9K£12K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

9

Top-5 brand share

98%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

55%

Top 20: 98%

Open market

0%

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  • FunkyFoodShop24%
  • ASTRONAUT21%
  • STAR CANDIES10%
  • Rock Bites7%
  • Rhode Island Novelty2%

Demand

Space Food search demand

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

2K1KSpike '25Holiday '25Spike '26JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×

Search terms

Top Space Food search terms shoppers use

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

  • freeze dried ice cream13K/yr
  • space food11K/yr
  • astronaut food10K/yr
  • astronaut ice cream5K/yr
  • space ice cream2K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Space Food

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

Complain

Value For Money39%−0.40

expensive

The price id a bit high

Absolute waste of money

Taste-Overall17%+0.17

Didn't even taste like ice-cream from a person who just loves ice-cream waste of money sorry to say tried with family members

they all thought the same no taste

Not as tasty as other brands

Moist/Dry8%−0.22

It's freeze dried fruit

Flavor4%+1.17

Not the greatest flavour

Texture/Consistency-Overall3%+0.36

They have a bit of a strange texture

Love

Taste-Overall36%+0.17

Tastes really creamy and yummy and easy to carry as a treat when out and about

Very tasty

Nice taste

Flavor15%+1.17

i realy like these will be ordering again great choc flavour

Great flavour just like ice cream

ice-cream flavour

Quality-Overall11%+1.55

A great product

Great product

Crispiness4%+0.55

It is really creamy, in nice bite sized pieces, crunchy and tastes just like a really high end dairy ice cream, I have bought more already

Value For Money4%−0.40

much better value for money

FAQ

Common Space Food questions

Answered from the same tracked data.