space food
Skip itBrand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 98% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Quality gap
Incredible4.0★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Review moat
Great250.5avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Conversion
Great7.6%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Price range
Good£5.30–£27.38cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
Competition
Good55%top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
Avg price
Okay£9.57avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Growth
Bad-21.4%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Market size
Bad£30K£30K/yr · 41K searches
Brand share
Bad98%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, space food is a £30K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (41K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 98% of demand. Demand peaks in Nov–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 47/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
space food market data
- Units sold / yr
- 3K–4K
- avg 100–250/product
- Revenue / yr
- £29K–£38K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 7.6%
- Avg BSR
- #516
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 82%
- Sponsored
- 23%
- Out of stock
- 22.7%
- Avg brand age
- 60 months
- Avg seller age
- 194 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products take 55% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.Brands
6 falling
Sellers
9
Top-5 brand share
98%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
55%
Top 20: 98%
Open market
0%
- Edu-Sci36%
- FunkyFoodShop24%
- ASTRONAUT21%
- STAR CANDIES10%
- Rock Bites7%
- Rhode Island Novelty2%
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 83 weeks — -21.4% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Nov, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.5×
Top space food search terms
- freeze dried ice cream13K/yr
- space food11K/yr
- astronaut food10K/yr
- astronaut ice cream5K/yr
- space ice cream2K/yr
Top space food 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.
All 22 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
Astronaut Food - Astronaut Neapolitain Ice Cream Sandwich
FunkyFoodShop£7.014.2★1,092 rev
Space Food Freeze-Dried (Vanilla Chocolate Chip Ice Cream)
Edu-Sci£5.533.7★92 rev
Astronaut Foods Cookies and Cream Ice Cream Sandwich
Edu-Sci£7.055.0★8 rev
Astronaut Foods - Bananas
ASTRONAUT£6.034.2★115 rev
Astronaut Foods Space Food - Astronaut Ice Cream Sandwich
ASTRONAUT£6.524.2★1,148 rev
Newest
by launch date
Rock Bites Freeze Dried Ultimate Crunch Box - Ice Cream Fruit Sweets (12 BAGS)
Rock Bites£22.402 rev
Freeze Dried Ice Cream - Crunchy Ice Cream that doesnt melt (6 BAGS) (Combo (2 vanilla 2 chocolate 2 strawberry))
Rock Bites£13.880 rev
Rock Bites - Freeze Dried Ice Cream 3 Bag Combo - Vanilla Chocolate Strawberry
Rock Bites£9.553 rev
Star Candies Freeze Dried Black Vanilla Ice Cream - No Melting Freeze Dried Sweets - Crunchy Camping Food - Astronaut Ice Cream for Kids and Adults | Space and Astronaut Food Gift (50 g 1 pack)
STAR CANDIES£10.1615 rev
Star Candies Freeze Dried Ice Cream with Wild Blueberry - No Melting Freeze Dried Sweets - Crunchy Camping Food - Premium Astronaut Ice Cream for Kids and Adults - Space Food Gift (50 g 1 pack)
STAR CANDIES£10.438 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum
Space Food Freeze-Dried (Neapolitan Ice Cream)
Edu-Sci£5.303.6★
Space Food Freeze-Dried (Chocolate Ice Cream)
Edu-Sci£5.464.2★
Rock Bites Freeze Dried Ultimate Crunch Box - Ice Cream Fruit Sweets (12 BAGS)
Rock Bites£22.405.0★
Star Candies Freeze Dried Ice Cream with Wild Blueberry - No Melting Freeze Dried Sweets - Crunchy Camping Food - Premium Astronaut Ice Cream for Kids and Adults - Space Food Gift (50 g 1 pack)
STAR CANDIES£10.434.8★
Star Candies Freeze Dried Black Vanilla Ice Cream - No Melting Freeze Dried Sweets - Crunchy Camping Food - Astronaut Ice Cream for Kids and Adults | Space and Astronaut Food Gift (50 g 1 pack)
STAR CANDIES£10.163.9★
What buyers say about space food
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Tastes really creamy and yummy and easy to carry as a treat when out and about”
“i realy like these will be ordering again great choc flavour”
“A great product”
“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”
“much better value for money”
“I normally just snap one of the strips first great with a little fruit either freeze dried or fresh overall a a nice little sweet to complete a meal you really dont need much xxx”
What buyers complain about
“expensive”
“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”
“It's freeze dried fruit”
“Not the greatest flavour”
“They have a bit of a strange texture”
“initially hard to bite”
“as its a very small pack”
Common questions
- Is space food profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £30K/yr across 22 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is -21.4%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (47/100).
- How competitive is the space food niche?
- 6 brands and 9 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 55% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 98% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in space food?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Value For Money, Taste-Overall, Moist/Dry. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for space food peak?
- Demand peaks in Nov–Dec; the busiest month runs 2.5× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the space food niche?
- Listings span £5.30–£27.38; the average listing price is £9.57 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 251 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.