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title: "Travel Sweets in a Tin — £101K/yr Amazon UK Niche (2026) - Flapen"
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# **travel sweets in a tin**
**Skip it**
Brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 93% of clicks) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.
Market size 25Growth 23Conversion 75Competition 73Returns 100Price range 27Avg price 30Brand share 17Review moat 91Quality gap 37
**Returns**
**Incredible****0.0%**
return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate
**Review moat**
**Great****170.35**
avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb
**Conversion**
**Great****7.1%**
search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale
**Competition**
**Good****41%**
top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse
**Quality gap**
**Okay****4.5★**
avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality
**Avg price**
**Okay****£9.55**
avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100
**Price range**
**Okay****£2.74–£19.59**
cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100
**Market size**
**Okay****£101K**
£101K/yr · 149K searches
**Growth**
**Bad****-4.3%**
90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch
**Brand share**
**Bad****93%**
top-5 brand share — brand-locked demand
According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, travel sweets in a tin is a £101K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (149K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Demand peaks in Dec. Verdict: Skip it — 48/100.
Data updated Jul 24, 2026 · scored weekly · [~~How we score niches ~~](https://flapen.com/research/methodology)
## **travel sweets in a tin market data**
- **Units sold / yr**
- **10K–13K**
- avg 250–500/product
- **Revenue / yr**
- **£96K–£119K**
- units × avg price
- **Conversion rate**
- **7.1%**
- **Avg BSR**
- **#4**
- **Page quality**
- **0%**
- **Prime**
- **74%**
- **Sponsored**
- **19%**
- **Out of stock**
- **2.3%**
- **Avg brand age**
- **47 months**
- **Avg seller age**
- **169 days**
## **Competition & brand share**
The top 5 products take 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.
**Brands**
**8 **▼falling
**Sellers**
**35**
**Top-5 brand share**
**93%**
Top 20: 100%
**Top-5 click share**
**41%**
Top 20: 85%
**Open market**
**3%**
- Simpkins57% - mysmartbuy.com13% - Nipits11% - Berrymans7% - Swizzels5% - The Boiled Sweet Company3% - Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 3%)
## **Demand & seasonality**
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — -4.3% search growth over the last 90 days.
8K6KHoliday '24Holiday '25 seasonSepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay
Peak months: Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×
[**Open Trend **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/travel-sweets-in-a-tin/trend)
## **Top travel sweets in a tin search terms**
- **travel sweets**41K/yr+9.9%3.7% conv. - **travel sweets in a tin**30K/yr-3.8%5.7% conv. - **simpkins travel sweets**25K/yr+3.0%4.8% conv. - **barley sugar sweets**25K/yr-13.3%7.8% conv. - **simpkins travel sweets in a tin**12K/yr-28.2%5.9% conv. - **simpkins sweets**7K/yr-19.6%4.7% conv. - **simpkins**6K/yr-24.8%4.0% conv. - **barley sugar**4K/yr+0.5%5.8% conv. [**All search terms **](https://flapen.com/research/uk/grocery/travel-sweets-in-a-tin/search-terms)
## **Top travel sweets in a tin 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.
0%10%£10K20%£20K30%£30K40%£41K1101001K Reviews — right = deep review moatMarket share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)
All 24 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.
### **Top sellers**
by 90-day click share
[1**Simpkins Mixed Fruit Travel Sweets 200g Tin (Pack of 3)**Simpkins**£9.97**4.6★994 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B076DBWTC4) [2**Simpkins Mixed Fruit Drops Travel Sweets 200g**Simpkins**£4.74**4.6★850 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001RYQOZI) [3**Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Fruity Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 200g**mysmartbuy.com**£12.45**4.6★100 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLP3ZD7V) [4**Simpkins Forest Fruit Travel Sweets 200g Tin**Simpkins**£3.79**4.6★178 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00U8FLMB8) [5**Original Barley Sugar Retro Boiled Sweets Gift Jar by Berrymans Sweet Shop - Classic Sweets Traditional Taste.**Berrymans**£10.05**4.5★304 rev](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07YZRW1PZ)
**~~View all top sellers →~~**
### **Newest**
by launch date
[**Swizzels Retro Individually Wrapped Barley Sugar Sweets x 40 - Pick & Mix**Swizzels**£4.71**14 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FF551NHQ) [**Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Fruity Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 200g**mysmartbuy.com**£12.45**100 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLP3ZD7V) [**Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Tropical Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Fruity Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 200g**mysmartbuy.com**£12.26**67 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLP6Q766) [**Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Sugar-Free Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 175g**mysmartbuy.com**£13.73**91 rev1y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLP4R7QR) [**Barley Sugar Sweets - 500 Gram Bulk Bag - 500g - Assorted Sweet Pick and Mix for Parties Gifts and Sharing.**Berrymans**£9.50**21 rev2y ago](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CRRVCSQF)
**~~View all new products →~~**
### **Trending**
90-day click momentum
[**Simpkins Barley Sugar Travel Sweets 200g (2 Pack)**Simpkins**£7.91**4.3★**▲ 147%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B072M7SFPP) [**Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Fruity Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 200g**mysmartbuy.com**£12.45**4.6★**▲ 89%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLP3ZD7V) [**Simpkins T/Sweet Barly Sugar**Nipits**£3.35**4.3★**▲ 85%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001RYOT78) [**Pack of 3 Cavendish & Harvey Sugar-Free Mixed Fruit Drops in Tin Premium Travel Sweets made with Real Fruit Juice Vegan Friendly Confectionery Hard-Boiled Candies Each H4 x 9.7cm Diameter 175g**mysmartbuy.com**£13.73**4.4★**▲ 81%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DLP4R7QR) [**Swizzels Retro Individually Wrapped Barley Sugar Sweets x 40 - Pick & Mix**Swizzels**£4.71**4.1★**▲ 66%**](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FF551NHQ)
**~~View all trending →~~**
## **What buyers say about travel sweets in a tin**
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.
### **What buyers love **
**Sweetness**46%
*“Sweet and fruity”*
**Taste-Overall**21%
*“Amazing taste”*
**Flavor**11%
*“Great flavours”*
**Advertised Vs Actual Product**6%
*“Just like you remember”*
**Value For Money**5%
*“Good value for money”*
**Size-Overall**2%
*“A good size”*
**Quality-Overall**2%
*“Good quality sweets”*
**Blend/Ratio**1%
*“maybe a little better then the mixed fruit”*
**Soft Feel**1%
*“Bit soft”*
**Ease Of Use**1%
*“Handy”*
### **What buyers complain about **
**Sweetness**29%
*“It is about 200 times sweeter than sugar”*
**Flavor**16%
*“I must seek out the berry flavoured ones as I don't like orange”*
**Value For Money**13%
*“Why so expensive”*
**Artificial Sweeteners**9%
*“Nothing like barley sugar hardly any taste at all”*
**Blend/Ratio**7%
*“95% orange so not exactly mixed fruit”*
**Taste-Overall**4%
*“I have no idea if any of the others tasted different”*
**Indigestion**3%
*“They brought on diarrhoea”*
**Artificial Colors**2%
*“Have no idea why the description ASSORTED is shown because my bag appeared to be all the same colour”*
**Color**2%
*“if they were ASSORTED I would have expected to have least seen slightly differing colours”*
## **Common questions**
- **Is travel sweets in a tin profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?**
- The niche generates £101K/yr across 31 tracked products. 90-day search growth is -4.3%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (48/100).
- **How competitive is the travel sweets in a tin niche?**
- 8 brands and 35 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 41% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 93% of demand.
- **What do buyers complain about in travel sweets in a tin?**
- Top complaints mined from reviews: Sweetness, Flavor, Value For Money. The return rate is 0.0%.
- **When does demand for travel sweets in a tin peak?**
- Demand peaks in Dec; the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.
- **What does it cost to enter the travel sweets in a tin niche?**
- Listings span £2.74–£19.59; the average listing price is £9.55 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 170 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.
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