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Yeast

prices mostly outside the sweet spot ($1.49–$8.98) — Yeast doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

42
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Market size 49Growth 13Conversion 97Competition 27Returns 100Price range 0Avg price 15Brand share 31Review moat 57Quality gap 21
This niche Category average

Is Yeast profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Yeast is a £269K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (319K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan. Verdict: Skip it — 42/100.

Yeast: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -24.4% over the last 90 days and 15.5% of searches end in a purchase.

£269K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr60K
Search volume / yr-24.4%319K
Conversion rate15.5%
Avg price£5.43

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 87% of demand, so 13% of the market is open.

13%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 49
Top-5 product click share69%
Open market13%
Avg brand age77 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 · 15 products

Sponsored placement73%
New entrants (1y)3· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.7★
Avg reviews1,215

Top Yeast 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 69% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£27K£54K£81K£108K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 falling

Sellers

49

Top-5 brand share

87%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

69%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

8%

  • BBB BAKING BEAUTY & BEYOND32%
  • Antimo Caputo17%
  • fermipan16%
  • Allinson14%
  • Morrisons7%
  • Blue Nile Foods5%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 8%)

Yeast demand & seasonality

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

Volume319KCVR15.5%Products15Brands9Top 5 Brands87%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.7★Reviews1,215Avg BSR#366
8K6KSpike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.6×

Top Yeast search terms shoppers use

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

  • yeast123K/yr
  • yeast for bread making71K/yr
  • instant yeast18K/yr
  • dried yeast13K/yr
  • dry yeast11K/yr
  • bread yeast13K/yr
  • active dry yeast10K/yr
  • caputo yeast7K/yr
  • fast action yeast7K/yr
  • dried yeast for bread making8K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Yeast

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

What buyers love

91% of reviews
Quality-Overall28%

Performance-wise, it's consistently excellent

Baking18%

Great product and useful size for regular baking

Value For Money11%

Excellent value for money

Ease Of Use9%

Its so easy to

Taste-Overall7%

Compliments the flour

What buyers complain about

70% of reviews
Value For Money14%

Waste of money

Moist/Dry11%

Everything onboard ends up a bit damp eventually no matter how it is stored

Quality-Overall11%

its bad quality

Functionality-Overall9%

Not work

Size-Overall9%

Didn't know it's such a big package

Common Yeast questions

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

Flapen scores Yeast 42/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £269K/yr across 15 tracked products. 0 of 3 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -24.4% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Yeast on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan, where the busiest month runs 1.6× the quietest.