sugar syrup
Skip itPrices mostly outside the sweet spot ($2.70–$10.42) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Returns
Incredible0.0%return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
Conversion
Incredible15.6%search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
Growth
Great+81.3%90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
Review moat
Good1,499.8avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
Market size
Okay£261K£261K/yr · 227K searches
Quality gap
Bad4.7★avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
Brand share
Bad92%top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
Avg price
Bad£7.38avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
Competition
Bad84%top-5 click share — a locked-up shelf
Price range
Bad£2.70–£10.42cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, sugar syrup is a £261K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (227K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 92% of demand. Demand peaks in Jul–Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.
Data updated Jul 23, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches
sugar syrup market data
- Units sold / yr
- 40K–50K
- avg 2,500–3,000/product
- Revenue / yr
- £295K–£369K
- units × avg price
- Conversion rate
- 15.6%
- Avg BSR
- #61
- Page quality
- 0%
- Prime
- 100%
- Sponsored
- 40%
- Out of stock
- 6.7%
- Avg brand age
- 69 months
- Avg seller age
- 184 days
Competition & brand share
The top 5 products capture 84% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.Brands
8 falling
Sellers
31
Top-5 brand share
92%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
84%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
4%
- Monin35%
- Simply30%
- Finest Call17%
- Royal Drink6%
- 1883 MAISON ROUTIN4%
- Master of Mixes4%
- Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)
Demand & seasonality
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +81.3% search growth over the last 90 days.Peak months: Jul, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.9×
Top sugar syrup search terms
- sugar syrup75K/yr
- simple syrup52K/yr
- sugar syrup for cocktails53K/yr
- simple syrup for cocktails25K/yr
- sugar cane syrup6K/yr
- cane sugar syrup7K/yr
- monin sugar syrup5K/yr
- cocktail sugar syrup3K/yr
Top sugar syrup 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 10 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
Top sellers
by 90-day click share
MONIN Premium Pure Cane Sugar Syrup 1L
Monin£8.954.7★3,951 rev
Simply Sugar Syrup Vegan & Nut Free Flavoured Syrup for Coffee Cocktails & Baking (250ml)
Simply£2.704.6★841 rev
Finest Call Sugar Syrup | 1 Litre Bottle | Simple Syrup | Cocktail Ingredient |Pure Cane Sugar | Easy Pour | Bar Essential | Premium Ingredients | Cocktails Drinks Mocktails
Finest Call£9.234.7★516 rev
Royal Drink - Cane Sugar Syrup (700ml) - Gluten Free | Made in Italy
Royal Drink£7.864.6★50 rev
Simply Sugar Free Syrup Low Calorie Vegan & Nut Free Flavoured Syrup for Coffee Cocktails & Baking (1 Litre)
Simply£7.374.5★352 rev
Newest
by launch date
Master of Mixes Cocktail Essentials | 375ml | Home Bar Cocktail Ingredient (Simple Syrup)
Master of Mixes£4.7814 rev
Royal Drink - Cane Sugar Syrup (700ml) - Gluten Free | Made in Italy
Royal Drink£7.8650 rev
1883 Maison Routin Premium Cane Sugar Syrup for Cocktails Mocktails Coffee & Iced Tea - Vegan-Friendly Allergen-Free No Artificial Colours or Preservatives - 1L PET Bottle
1883 MAISON ROUTIN£10.42168 rev
Volare Simple Sugar Syrup 70cl
Volare£9.105,092 rev
Simply Sugar Free Syrup Low Calorie Vegan & Nut Free Flavoured Syrup for Coffee Cocktails & Baking (1 Litre)
Simply£7.37352 rev
Trending
90-day click momentum1883 Maison Routin Premium Cane Sugar Syrup for Cocktails Mocktails Coffee & Iced Tea - Vegan-Friendly Allergen-Free No Artificial Colours or Preservatives - 1L PET Bottle
1883 MAISON ROUTIN£10.424.6★
Royal Drink - Cane Sugar Syrup (700ml) - Gluten Free | Made in Italy
Royal Drink£7.864.6★
Simply Sugar Free Syrup Low Calorie Vegan & Nut Free Flavoured Syrup for Coffee Cocktails & Baking (1 Litre)
Simply£7.374.5★
MONIN Premium Pure Cane Sugar Syrup 1L
Monin£8.954.7★
Simply Sugar Syrup Vegan & Nut Free Flavoured Syrup for Coffee Cocktails & Baking (250ml)
Simply£2.704.6★
What buyers say about sugar syrup
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“Easy pour easy cocktail”
“Monin is best product to coctail taste mmmm”
“Great price”
“Flavor is good”
“Very good, just as good as none sugar free”
“good quality cocktails”
“So much better than just adding sugar”
“Handy to have in the cupard”
“Great syrup”
“Perfect Syrup”
What buyers complain about
“An unfortunate flavour”
“Plastic bottle not glass as in pictures”
“1L bottle is plastic now, not glass, so is not so easily recycled”
“Tastes like sugar syrup”
“Weak”
“The syrup is very like water”
Common questions
- Is sugar syrup profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
- The niche generates £261K/yr across 10 tracked products. 90-day search growth is +81.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
- How competitive is the sugar syrup niche?
- 8 brands and 31 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 84% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 92% of demand.
- What do buyers complain about in sugar syrup?
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Flavor, Advertised Vs Actual Product, Recycle/Reuse. The return rate is 0.0%.
- When does demand for sugar syrup peak?
- Demand peaks in Jul–Dec; the busiest month runs 3.9× the quietest.
- What does it cost to enter the sugar syrup niche?
- Listings span £2.70–£10.42; the average listing price is £7.38 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,500 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.