How competitive is the Taco Seasoning niche on Amazon United Kingdom?

17 brands and 92 sellers compete in Taco Seasoning on Amazon United Kingdom. The top 5 Taco Seasoning products take 47% of clicks and its top 5 brands hold 86% of demand.

What do buyers complain about in Taco Seasoning?

Taco Seasoning buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Flavor, Moist/Dry, Taste-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.0%.

What does it cost to enter the Taco Seasoning niche?

Taco Seasoning sells for £4.48 on average on Amazon United Kingdom, outside our $15–$100 sweet spot. Listings span £0.91–£15.65. The average incumbent carries 1,761 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.

Taco Seasoning

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($0.91–$15.65) — Taco Seasoning doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

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This niche Category average

Is Taco Seasoning profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Taco Seasoning is a £171K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (184K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Taco Seasoning: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -4.8% over the last 90 days and 20.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£171K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K

Search volume / yr-4.8%184K

Conversion rate20.7%

Avg price£4.48

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 86% of demand, so 14% of the market is open.

14%

open market share

Brands · sellers17 · 92

Top-5 product click share47%

Open market14%

Avg brand age52 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.5★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 35 products

Top Taco Seasoning 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

Old El Paso 12 Crunchy Taco Shells 156g

Price: £2.28
Rating: 4.4/5
Reviews: 594
Age: 14y ago

Morrisons Taco Meal Kit 313g

Price: £2.07
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 21
Age: 8mo ago

Old El Paso Taco Seasoning Mix Original (Value Size) 177 Grams

Price: £7.97
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 1,470
Age: 11y ago

Capsicana Mexican Taco Seasoning Mix 28g | Mild Spice | Serves 4 | Authentic Latin Flavour With Jalapeno & Mexican Oregano

Price: £1.19
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 40
Age: 1y ago

Old El Paso Soft Taco 220g (8 pack)

Price: £1.84
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 71
Age: 2y ago

Newest

by launch date

Morrisons Taco Meal Kit 313g

Price: £2.07
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 21
Age: 8mo ago

15cm Yellow Corn Tortillas for Frying 1kg | Gluten-Free Corn Tortilla Wraps for Tacos Tostadas & Chips | Authentic Mexican Tortillas for Deep Frying & Air Frying

Price: £10.42
Rating: 3.7/5
Reviews: 42
Age: 1y ago

Old El Paso Chipotle Tortilla KIT 257G UK

Price: £2.59
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 2
Age: 1y ago

Capsicana Mexican Taco Seasoning Mix 28g | Mild Spice | Serves 4 | Authentic Latin Flavour With Jalapeno & Mexican Oregano

Price: £1.19
Rating: 4.3/5
Reviews: 40
Age: 1y ago

Morrisons Fajita Seasoning 42g

Price: £1.18
Rating: 4.5/5
Reviews: 63
Age: 1y ago

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 47% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

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

Brands

17 rising

Sellers

Top-5 brand share

86%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

47%

Top 20: 85%

Open market

13%

Old El Paso58%
Morrisons15%
Capsicana8%
McCormick3%
Tajin2%
WorldlyTastes2%
Open — no brand owns it (11 brands, 13%)

Taco Seasoning demand & seasonality

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

Volume184KCVR20.7%Products35Brands17Top 5 Brands86%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.5★Reviews1,761Avg BSR#150

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.4×

Top Taco Seasoning search terms shoppers use

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

taco seasoning56K/yr -4.3%9.2% conv.
taco56K/yr -8.4%12.8% conv.
tacos28K/yr -2.4%14.9% conv.
taco shells19K/yr +22.9%16.2% conv.
taco kit13K/yr -31.0%15.0% conv.
mexican seasoning8K/yr -3.6%4.2% conv.
taco seasoning mix3K/yr -5.8%5.7% conv.

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Taco Seasoning

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews

Taste-Overall30%

“Love it, Ive eaten more fruit in the past week than I did the whole of last year, makes it taste amazing”

Spiciness20%

“Perfect amount of spice and flavor”

Flavor11%

“Absolutely amazing flavours”

Value For Money9%

“however its great value for what you pay”

Quality-Overall8%

“High quality, arrived on time”

What buyers complain about

84% of reviews

Flavor25%

“Id add less if you want a more intense flavour as the recommended amount can make it a little bland in my opinion”

Moist/Dry19%

“Unlike any other corn tortilla - these were EXTREMELY dry”

Taste-Overall13%

“🤢 It tasted SO bad”

Salt Content13%

“Unfortunately, despite the product photo suggesting the salt content is OK (185mg out of 1g), the bottle we received states the salt content as 48.5% which is far too much - so my partner won't allow me to use it”

Value For Money6%

“Cheap price and cheap product”

Common Taco Seasoning questions

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

Flapen scores Taco Seasoning 49/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £171K/yr across 35 tracked products. 1 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -4.8% over the last 90 days.