Sugar Free Cough Sweets
FailDemand is soft, at -33.1% this quarter, so Sugar Free Cough Sweets is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 41 / 100Ranks 2,140 of 2,976 Grocery niches · −5 vs the category median of 4641
- Market size
- £56K/yr70K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -33.1%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 51%top-5 click share · 11 brands · 116 sellers
Flapen Score
Sugar Free Cough Sweets against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Sugar Free Cough Sweets is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Sugar Free Cough Sweets market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sugar Free Cough Sweets 70K times last year and spent an estimated £56K. The top 5 brands take 87% of clicks. Flapen scores it 41 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
14.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 70K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 14.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -33.1% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £56K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 70K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -33.1%
- Conversion, latest week
- 14.0%
- Market size, estimated
- £56Ka year
- Top search term
- halls32K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £5.70.
Listings sell for £5.70 on average, from £0.51 to £17.00. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £5.70 that is £1K to £3K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £5.70under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £0.51–£17.00
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 13K–15K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £1K–£3K
- Returns
- 0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
59% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 89% ship with Prime. On an average day, 10.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #94 within Confectionery. It carries 1,127 reviews at 4.61 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 59%
- Prime listings
- 89%
- Out of stock, average day
- 10.2%
- Average rank
- #94in Confectionery
- Average rating
- 4.61 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 1,127per listing
- Listings tracked
- 27
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 71 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
- 71 months
Products
Top Sugar Free Cough Sweets 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
Halls Sugar Free Cherry Flavour with Clearing Menthol Action Sweets 32g
- Price
- £0.55
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 1,202
- Age
- 17y ago

Strepsils Sore Throat Lozenges Strawberry 36 Total Sore Throat Relief Throat Effective Relief Fights Germs Relieves Throat Pain Works In 5 Minutes Sore Throat Medication
- Price
- £4.16
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 2,701
- Age
- 17y ago

Halls Original Sugar Free Clearing Menthol Original Flavour 20 x 33.5 g
- Price
- £12.44
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 273
- Age
- 13y ago

Halls Mentho-Lyptus Throat Lozenges Stick Pack Extra Strong - PACK OF 10
- Price
- £8.03
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 312
- Age
- 10y ago

Halls Extra Strong Menthol Action Sweets (33.5g x 20 Pack)
- Price
- £14.52
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 97
- Age
- 4y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Herbion Naturals Respiratory Care Lozenges Sugar-Free Orange Flavour Herbal Blend for Throat Comfort & Respiratory Wellness 18 Lozenges No Added Colours
- Price
- £3.32
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 6
- Age
- 6mo ago

VICKS VapoDrops Lemon Sugar Free Vegan Lozenges With Lemon Flavour and Menthol Pack 72g
- Price
- £1.20
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 4y ago

Soothers Variety Pack 5 x 45g | Honey Lemon Blackcurrant Cherry Strawberry Peach & Raspberry | Soothing Cough Sweets | Individually Wrapped Throat Lozenges | KYNZA Kraft Box
- Price
- £6.69
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 7mo ago

HALLS ORIGINAL (BOX OF 20)
- Price
- £17.00
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 398
- Age
- 9y ago

VICKS VapoDrops TripleAction Sugar Free Lozenges with Menthol Zinc and Vitamin C Stick 42g
- Price
- £1.04
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 42
- Age
- 9mo ago
Newest
by launch date
Herbion Naturals Respiratory Care Lozenges Sugar-Free Orange Flavour Herbal Blend for Throat Comfort & Respiratory Wellness 18 Lozenges No Added Colours
- Price
- £3.32
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 6
- Age
- 6mo ago

Soothers Variety Pack 5 x 45g | Honey Lemon Blackcurrant Cherry Strawberry Peach & Raspberry | Soothing Cough Sweets | Individually Wrapped Throat Lozenges | KYNZA Kraft Box
- Price
- £6.69
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 23
- Age
- 7mo ago

VICKS VapoDrops TripleAction Sugar Free Lozenges with Menthol Zinc and Vitamin C Stick 42g
- Price
- £1.04
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 42
- Age
- 9mo ago

Jakemans Throat & Chest Sugar Free 50g - Pack of 12 - Soothing Menthol Sweets - Suitable for Vegetarians
- Price
- £10.18
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 344
- Age
- 3y ago

Herbion Naturals Sugar-Free Cough Drops with Natural Honey Lemon Flavor 18 Drops Oral Anesthetic - Relieves Cough Throat and Bronchial Irritation Soothes Sore Mouth for Adults and Children 2yo+
- Price
- £3.10
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 618
- Age
- 3y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 51% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
11 falling
Sellers
116
Top-5 brand share
87%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
51%
Top 20: 92%
Open market
9%
- HALLS53%
- Strepsils21%
- Vicks6%
- Herbion Naturals4%
- Sakioo4%
- Jakemans3%
- Open — no brand owns it (5 brands, 9%)
Search terms
Top Sugar Free Cough Sweets search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- halls32K/yr
- sugar free cough sweets12K/yr
- strepsils sugar free6K/yr
- halls cough sweets5K/yr
- sugar free lozenges4K/yr
- sugar free throat lozenges4K/yr
- throat lozenges sugar free3K/yr
- sugar free strepsils3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sugar Free Cough Sweets
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Cough Drops
what I had thought was a dry cough
my throat began to hurt
It's not cheap for a reason
Definitely not value for money
Poor Value
weird taste to them
Taste vile
Strange taste
Not the normal size
They are very small to
Smaller than the ones containing sugar
Im usually not a fan of honey or lemon flavours—but the taste of these have completely won me over
Not like Flavour
Bit weak in flavour
Love
it tastes much nicer than the minty ones
Great taste
the cheery ones taste very nice
Excellent Value
Good value pack
Excellent price
Good cough sweets
Stop coughing
Helped my cough
Great Flavour
Peach tea is a nice flavour
Loved the variety of flavours
Good quality honey
Great product very pleased with purchase
Best quality
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