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Ensure

Ensure shows low returns (0.0%), but a failed launch gate (market size, growth, or returns) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

56
Worth a look
Market size 79Growth 21Conversion 81Competition 37Returns 100Price range 89Avg price 95Brand share 0Review moat 80Quality gap 43
This niche Category average

Is Ensure profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Ensure is a £1.1M/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (408K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 56/100.

Ensure: 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 -7.7% over the last 90 days and 8.6% of searches end in a purchase.

£1.1M

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr40K
Search volume / yr-7.7%408K
Conversion rate8.6%
Avg price£31.19

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 100% of demand, so 0% of the market is open.

0%

open market share

Brands · sellers5 · 67
Top-5 product click share63%
Open market0%
Avg brand age72 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 · 19 products

Sponsored placement84%
New entrants (1y)2· 2 succeeded
Avg rating4.5★
Avg reviews395

Top Ensure 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 63% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond 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%)

Ensure demand & seasonality

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

Volume408KCVR8.6%Products19Brands5Top 5 Brands100%OOS Rate1.1%Rating4.5★Reviews395Avg BSR#113
10K6KSpike '25SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.2×

Top Ensure search terms shoppers use

The exact queries 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

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Ensure

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

What buyers love

86% of reviews
Taste-Overall21%

Nice taste and very creamy

Nutritional Content16%

benefit for health nutrient in my body

Quality-Overall14%

Good product very heathy

Value For Money8%

Good value

Energy Level7%

Great for your energy build up

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Value For Money14%

Is expensive,

Taste-Overall14%

The taste is markedly different

Nutritional Content7%

could not eat for several days

Ease Of Use6%

Difficult to assess after a week

Flavor5%

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

Ensure return rate & reasons

Why buyers send it back, as a share of all return requests.

0.0%

Return rate

50%

Fixable by listing

The "fixable" share counts expectation-mismatch reasons — size, look, advertised-vs-actual — that better copy and images address.

1Flavor
50%
2Size-Overall
25%
3Advertised Vs Actual Product
25%

Common Ensure questions

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

Flapen scores Ensure 56/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £1.1M/yr across 19 tracked products. 2 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -7.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Ensure on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.2× the quietest.