How competitive is the Sweetcorn niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

4 brands and 51 sellers compete in Sweetcorn on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Sweetcorn products take 51% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 100% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Sweetcorn?

Sweetcorn buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Size-Overall, Sweetness, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Sweetcorn niche?

Sweetcorn sells for £2.47 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £0.61–£11.55. The average incumbent carries 760 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Sweetcorn

brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 100% of clicks) — Sweetcorn doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

Skip it

This niche Category average

Is Sweetcorn profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Sweetcorn is a £409K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (541K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.

Sweetcorn: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved +9.0% over the last 90 days and 30.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£409K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr250K

Search volume / yr+9.0%541K

Conversion rate30.6%

Avg price£2.47

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

open market share

Brands · sellers4 · 51

Top-5 product click share51%

Open market0%

Avg brand age71 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.7★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 27 products

Top Sweetcorn products & what they sell for

Every tracked product — its share of the shelf, its review moat, and what it sells for.

Top sellers

by 90-day click share

Morrisons Corn Cobettes Pack of 4

Price: £1.46
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,702
Age: 9y ago

by Amazon Sweet Corn 3x160g

Price: £1.20
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,143
Age: 2y ago

Morrisons Sweetcorn In Water 260 g

Price: £0.83
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 1,118
Age: 8y ago

Green Giant Original Naturally Sweet Sweetcorn Niblets (Pack of 4)

Price: £3.30
Rating: 4.7/5
Reviews: 582
Age: 16y ago

Morrisons Sweetcorn in Water 160g

Price: £0.69
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 2,300
Age: 8y ago

Newest

by launch date

Morrisons Supersweet Sweetcorn 800g

Price: £1.56
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 1
Age: 2mo ago

Morrisons Savers Sweetcorn 500g

Price: £1.09
Rating: 5.0/5
Reviews: 1
Age: 2mo ago

Morrisons Mini Corn Cobs 625g (Frozen)

Price: £1.75
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 349
Age: 1y ago

by Amazon Sweet Corn 3x160g

Price: £1.20
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 1,143
Age: 2y ago

Iceland Supersweet Sweetcorn 860g

Price: £1.97
Rating: 4.6/5
Reviews: 321
Age: 2y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 51% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 flat

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

51%

Top 20: 92%

Open market

Morrisons58%
Green Giant26%
by Amazon13%
Iceland3%
Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Sweetcorn demand & seasonality

Weekly search volume, with the niche's key stats alongside.

Volume541KCVR30.6%Products27Brands4Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate5.4%Rating4.7★Reviews760Avg BSR#147

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.3×

Top Sweetcorn search terms shoppers use

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

sweetcorn253K/yr +13.3%33.3% conv.
corn125K/yr +3.6%15.6% conv.
corn on the cob42K/yr +45.3%39.9% conv.
sweet corn36K/yr -2.6%19.3% conv.
frozen sweetcorn20K/yr +23.8%28.9% conv.
tinned sweetcorn17K/yr -24.4%21.3% conv.
sweetcorn tinned11K/yr -34.8%10.5% conv.
green giant sweetcorn8K/yr -7.9%6.6% conv.
frozen corn7K/yr +9.5%25.6% conv.
green giant4K/yr +5.5%14.9% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Sweetcorn

What buyers mention most, as a share of all reviews.

What buyers love

89% of reviews

Taste-Overall23%

“Good as a snack for one”

Sweetness18%

“Very fresh and sweet”

Value For Money18%

“Affordable price”

Size-Overall8%

“Perfect size”

Quality-Overall8%

“Much cheaper than supermarkets and great quality”

What buyers complain about

75% of reviews

Taste-Overall17%

“Worst tasting tinned sweetcorn I've ever eaten far worst than my usual supermarket own brand which is saying something”

Size-Overall12%

“These are the small size tins”

Sweetness10%

“Not very sweet”

Salt Content7%

“I was very dubious about this sweetcorn because it does contain added salt which I didn't see until after purchase”

Spiciness7%

“A bit corny”

Common Sweetcorn questions

The questions sellers ask about this niche, answered from the tracked metrics.

Flapen scores Sweetcorn 48/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £409K/yr across 27 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +9.0% over the last 90 days.