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Spicy Noodles

Fail

Shoppers spend only $43K a year here, so Spicy Noodles is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Top 44% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +1 vs the category median of 46
Market size
£43K/yr74K searches / yr
90-day growth
-22.1%search demand this quarter
Competition
46%top-5 click share · 20 brands · 100 sellers

Flapen Score

Spicy Noodles against its category

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

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

Market

The Spicy Noodles market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Spicy Noodles 74K times last year and spent an estimated £43K. The top 5 brands take 59% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

6.3% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 74K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.3% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -22.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £43K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
74K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-22.1%
Conversion, latest week
6.3%
Market size, estimated
£43Ka year
Peak month
January1.6× the quietest month
Top search term
spicy noodles51K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £9.14.

Listings sell for £9.14 on average, from £0.57 to £22.29. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 5K to 6K a year. The average listing sells 100 to 250 of them. At £9.14 that is £914 to £2K a year per listing.

Average price
£9.14under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£0.57–£22.29
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
5K–6K
Units per listing a year
100–250
Revenue per listing a year
£914–£2K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

69% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 71% ship with Prime. On an average day, 8.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #151 within Instant Meals & Sides. It carries 1,848 reviews at 4.52 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
69%
Prime listings
71%
Out of stock, average day
8.2%
Average rank
#151in Instant Meals & Sides
Average rating
4.52 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,848per listing
Listings tracked
35

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 7 launches as successful.

7 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 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
7
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Spicy 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 46% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£7K1101001K10K100K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

Brands

20 rising

Sellers

100

Top-5 brand share

59%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

46%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

34%

  • SAMYANG20%
  • NISSIN12%
  • Nongshim10%
  • Ko-Lee9%
  • MAMA8%
  • SPICEHUB8%

Demand

Spicy Noodles search demand

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

2K2KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Search terms

Top Spicy Noodles search terms shoppers use

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

  • spicy noodles51K/yr
  • noodles spicy4K/yr
  • spicy ramen5K/yr
  • hot noodles4K/yr
  • spicy ramen noodles3K/yr
  • chilli noodles2K/yr
  • hot and spicy noodles2K/yr
  • korean spicy noodles2K/yr
  • spiciest noodles in the world905/yr
  • samyang spicy noodles396/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Spicy Noodles

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

Complain

Taste-Overall24%0.00

Tastes like plastic

These are horrible tasting

A bit tasteless

Spiciness22%+3.03

spicy pot version sadly you need to avoid these like the plague

Hot spicy chicken not artificial spicy chicken

Spicy

Flavor6%−0.03

the flavour is way too ordinary to want two

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

Not what I expected i wanted kimchi noodles not kimchi flavoured noodles

Ingredients-Overall6%−0.07

Ingredients changed

It does not mention in the list of ingredients that it contains E102: tartrazine

Quality-Overall4%−0.04

Cheap

the quality will degrade

Love

Taste-Overall42%0.00

Delicious snack

Great taste

So tasty and filling

Spiciness18%+3.03

These are really yummy with a lil bit of spice

Spicy noodles

Nice and spicy

Value For Money14%+1.10

Excellent value

Good value

Great value

Flavor6%−0.03

The flavor it incredible

The noodles themselves are flavorful and satisfying, with just the right amount of spice and seasoning that keeps my son coming back for more

The chicken flavour is so good

Quality-Overall5%−0.04

Quality food

The Noodles are good quality

Good quality product

FAQ

Common Spicy Noodles questions

Answered from the same tracked data.