Sweet and Sour Sauce
MaybeReturns run at only 0.0% of orders. But products sell for $4.32 on average, outside the sweet spot, so Sweet and Sour Sauce is a Maybe.
- Flapen Score
- 53 / 100Top 20% of 2,976 Grocery niches · +7 vs the category median of 4653
- Market size
- £64K/yr80K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -9.5%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 43%top-5 click share · 12 brands · 72 sellers
Flapen Score
Sweet and Sour Sauce against its category
The dotted line is the Grocery average. Past it, Sweet and Sour Sauce is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Sweet and Sour Sauce market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Sweet and Sour Sauce 80K times last year and spent an estimated £64K. The top 5 brands take 76% of clicks. Flapen scores it 53 out of 100, a Maybe.
01 · Demand
18.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.
Shoppers searched for this 80K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 18.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -9.5% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £64K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 80K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -9.5%
- Conversion, latest week
- 18.4%
- Market size, estimated
- £64Ka year
- Top search term
- sweet and sour sauce57K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth £4.32.
Listings sell for £4.32 on average, from £0.61 to £19.71. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 15K to 20K a year. The average listing sells 250 to 500 of them. At £4.32 that is £1K to £2K a year per listing.
- Average price
- £4.32under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- £0.61–£19.71
- Amazon United Kingdom median price
- £12.12across 27,606 niches
- Units sold a year
- 15K–20K
- Units per listing a year
- 250–500
- Revenue per listing a year
- £1K–£2K
- Returns
- 0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
10% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 4.9% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #70 within Condiments & Sauces. It carries 172 reviews at 4.40 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 10%
- Prime listings
- 100%
- Out of stock, average day
- 4.9%
- Average rank
- #70in Condiments & Sauces
- Average rating
- 4.40 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
- Average reviews
- 172per listing
- Listings tracked
- 31
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 69 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
- 69 months
Products
Top Sweet and Sour Sauce 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
Morrisons Sweet and Sour Sauce 500g
- Price
- £1.20
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 596
- Age
- 10y ago

Bens Original Sweet and Sour Sauce 450g
- Price
- £2.17
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 241
- Age
- 15y ago

Lee Kum Kee Sweet and Sour Sauce Professional Range Bulk Size Vegan 2.3 kg (Pack of 1)
- Price
- £14.13
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 483
- Age
- 13y ago

Bens Original Sweet and Sour Sauce with extra Pineapple 450 g
- Price
- £2.14
- Rating
- 4.6/5
- Reviews
- 469
- Age
- 10y ago

Sharwoods Sweet & Sour Stir-Fry Sauce 195 g Jar (1-Pack)
- Price
- £1.94
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 104
- Age
- 10y ago
Trending
90-day click momentum
Blue Dragon Sweet & Sour Stir Fry Sauce Sachets Pack of 12 (12 x 120g) - Mild Spice - Vegan No Artificial Flavours or Colours - Quick & Easy to Cook - Stir Fry Cooking Sauce
- Price
- £9.60
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 174
- Age
- 5mo ago

Hellmanns Sweet & Sour Sauce 100% recyclable* squeeze bottle the perfect condiment for chicken nuggets 250 ml
- Price
- £2.50
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 1y ago

Morrisons Sweet & Sour Chicken With Egg Fried Rice 400g
- Price
- £3.94
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 35
- Age
- 1y ago

Hellmanns Sweet & Sour Sauce squeeze bottle the perfect condiment for chicken nuggets 8x 250 ml
- Price
- £19.71
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 10mo ago

Bens Original Sweet and Sour Sauce 450g
- Price
- £2.17
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 241
- Age
- 15y ago
Newest
by launch date
Blue Dragon Sweet & Sour Stir Fry Sauce Sachets Pack of 12 (12 x 120g) - Mild Spice - Vegan No Artificial Flavours or Colours - Quick & Easy to Cook - Stir Fry Cooking Sauce
- Price
- £9.60
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 174
- Age
- 5mo ago

Hellmanns Sweet & Sour Sauce squeeze bottle the perfect condiment for chicken nuggets 8x 250 ml
- Price
- £19.71
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 10mo ago

Hellmanns Sweet & Sour Sauce 100% recyclable* squeeze bottle the perfect condiment for chicken nuggets 250 ml
- Price
- £2.50
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 1y ago

Morrisons Sweet & Sour Chicken With Egg Fried Rice 400g
- Price
- £3.94
- Rating
- 4.5/5
- Reviews
- 35
- Age
- 1y ago

Morrisons Savers Sweet & Sour Sauce 440g
- Price
- £0.99
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 57
- Age
- 2y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take 43% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.
Brands
12 falling
Sellers
72
Top-5 brand share
76%
Top 20: 100%
Top-5 click share
43%
Top 20: 90%
Open market
14%
- Morrisons21%
- Ben's Original17%
- Lee Kum Kee14%
- Sharwood's12%
- Uncle Ben's11%
- Hellmann's11%
- Open — no brand owns it (6 brands, 14%)
Demand
Sweet and Sour Sauce search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
Peak months: Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5× · 9 of 12 months tracked
Search terms
Top Sweet and Sour Sauce search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- sweet and sour sauce57K/yr
- sweet and sour13K/yr
- sweet & sour sauce3K/yr
- sweet sour sauce3K/yr
- chinese sweet and sour sauce3K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sweet and Sour Sauce
What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.
Complain
Dont taste like sweet
the sauce is terrible - definitely not a McDonalds Sweet
Too sweet
sour sauces you get from your local Chinese take away
sour it tastes of tomato for sum reason
S/sour chicken takeaway
Mainly apricot jam
Not very strong taste though
This tasted awful
relatively cheap overall
Well known make good quality a bit pricey jars are getting smaller
Bland
Love
Excellent tasting sauce
The sauce is delicious
Great taste
Good price
Good value for money
Well worth it
Excellent sweet n sour
Good sweet and sour sauce,
I find these to be just the right balance of sweet and sour
Great flavour
The flavour is well-balanced
The flavor is clean
Best Sweet Chilli on the market
Good sauce
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