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Wholemeal Flour

Wholemeal Flour shows low returns (0.0%), but soft demand (-25.6% this quarter) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

53
Worth a look
Market size 13Growth 12Conversion 82Competition 73Returns 100Price range 41Avg price 19Brand share 92Review moat 90Quality gap 33
This niche Category average

Is Wholemeal Flour profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Wholemeal Flour is a £53K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (89K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 43% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb. Verdict: Worth a look — 53/100.

Wholemeal Flour: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Worth a look. Search demand moved -25.6% over the last 90 days and 8.7% of searches end in a purchase.

£53K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr-25.6%89K
Conversion rate8.7%
Avg price£6.78

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 43% of demand, so 57% of the market is open.

57%

open market share

Brands · sellers19 · 56
Top-5 product click share41%
Open market57%
Avg brand age81 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 · 31 products

Sponsored placement71%
New entrants (1y)2· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews207

Top Wholemeal Flour products & what they sell for

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

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 41% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£2K£3K£5K£6K101001K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

19 falling

Sellers

56

Top-5 brand share

43%

Top 20: 83%

Top-5 click share

41%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

40%

  • --17%
  • Allinson11%
  • Doves Farm9%
  • Allinson's9%
  • ELEPHANT ATTA8%
  • by Amazon7%

Wholemeal Flour demand & seasonality

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

Volume89KCVR8.7%Products31Brands19Top 5 Brands43%OOS Rate0.9%Rating4.5★Reviews207Avg BSR#221
2K2KSpike '25Spike '26AprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

Peak months: Jan, Feb · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.0×

Top Wholemeal Flour search terms shoppers use

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

  • wholemeal flour36K/yr
  • whole wheat flour16K/yr
  • wholemeal bread flour15K/yr
  • wholewheat flour8K/yr
  • strong wholemeal bread flour5K/yr
  • brown flour3K/yr
  • organic wholemeal bread flour3K/yr
  • wholegrain flour3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Wholemeal Flour

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

What buyers love

89% of reviews
Baking32%

Great for baking

Quality-Overall15%

It is very good quality and great for my bread rolls and half wholemeal cheese and chive scones

Value For Money14%

worth every penny

Sour5%

Makes lovely sourdough loaves

Taste-Overall5%

Has no weird taste

What buyers complain about

79% of reviews
Quality-Overall14%

awful quality flour

Taste-Overall13%

taste disgusting

Value For Money10%

it is weird that everyday the price changes

Nutritional Content9%

they added gluten to make up for the poor quality

Ingredients-Overall7%

It's full of bleaching agents and other additives and no flour this cheap is worth using

Common Wholemeal Flour questions

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

Flapen scores Wholemeal Flour 53/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £53K/yr across 31 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -25.6% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Wholemeal Flour on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb, where the busiest month runs 2.0× the quietest.