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Ensure

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.0% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Ensure is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
56
56 / 100
Top 18% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +8 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.1M/yr408K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
63%top-5 click share · 5 brands · 67 sellers

Flapen Score

Ensure against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Ensure is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

56Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Ensure market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Ensure 408K times last year and spent an estimated £1.1M. All 5 brands take every click. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

8.6% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 408K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 8.6% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.1M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
408K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.7%
Conversion, latest week
8.6%
Market size, estimated
£1.1Ma year
Peak month
January1.2× the quietest month
Top search term
ensure120K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £31.19.

Listings sell for £31.19 on average, from £11.18 to £63.64. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 1,250 to 1,500 of them. At £31.19 that is £39K to £47K a year per listing.

Average price
£31.19inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£11.18–£63.64
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
1,250–1,500
Revenue per listing a year
£39K–£47K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

84% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 63% ship with Prime. On an average day, 1.1% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #113 within Diet & Nutrition. It carries 395 reviews at 4.49 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
84%
Prime listings
63%
Out of stock, average day
1.1%
Average rank
#113in Diet & Nutrition
Average rating
4.49 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
395per listing
Listings tracked
19

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 2 of last year's 2 launches as successful.

2 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 2 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 72 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
2
Successful launches
2Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
72 months

Products

Top Ensure products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 63% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£109K£218K£328K£437K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

5 falling

Sellers

67

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

63%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • Ensure59%
  • NutriVigor32%
  • Ensure Compact3%
  • Abbott3%
  • Ensure Plus Advance2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Ensure search demand

Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.

10K6KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Search terms

Top Ensure search terms shoppers use

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

  • ensure120K/yr
  • ensure drinks for elderly62K/yr
  • ensure plus45K/yr
  • ensure drinks34K/yr
  • ensure plus shakes68K/yr
  • ensure compact18K/yr
  • ensure plus shakes for weight gain21K/yr
  • ensure nutrivigor9K/yr
  • ensure powder10K/yr
  • ensure vanilla5K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ensure

What buyers praise, what they complain about and why they send it back, from the reviews.

Complain

Value For Money14%−0.02

Is expensive,

Pricey

These aren't cheap

Taste-Overall14%+0.12

The taste is markedly different

Not great taste

Tastes half-reasonable

Nutritional Content7%+1.37

could not eat for several days

not eating as much so thought this would help

Ive got 2 boxes of what I thought was the usual rich nutritional drink

Ease Of Use6%−0.07

Difficult to assess after a week

Not easy to open

Flavor5%

Chocolate flavour is not the best however is a very complete shake

Great nutritional and healthy benefits however I can't stand this particular flavour the flavour is revolting

Love

Taste-Overall21%+0.12

Nice taste and very creamy

Good taste

Good tasting drink

Nutritional Content16%+1.37

benefit for health nutrient in my body

Good nutritional product

full of nutrition

Quality-Overall14%+0.36

Good product very heathy

Excellent product

Quality is nice

Value For Money8%−0.02

Good value

Value for money

Great value for money

Energy Level7%+1.09

Great for your energy build up

Energy improvement

Boosting My Daily Energy

Return

0.0% Return rate 50% Fixable by listing

Flavor50%█▁▃▁▁▁

Chocolate flavour is not the best however is a very complete shake

Great nutritional and healthy benefits however I can't stand this particular flavour the flavour is revolting

Size-Overall25%▁▁█▁▁▁

Wish it came in bigger canister

Larger bottles than usual

Advertised Vs Actual Product25%▁▁█▁▁▁

It is unclear why they continue to make false advertising claims

FAQ

Common Ensure questions

Answered from the same tracked data.