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Meal Replacement Shake

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 99% of clicks, so Meal Replacement Shake 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
£2.0M/yr2.1M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
52%top-5 click share · 6 brands · 68 sellers

Flapen Score

Meal Replacement Shake against its category

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

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

Market

The Meal Replacement Shake market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Meal Replacement Shake 2.1M times last year and spent an estimated £2.0M. The top 5 brands take 99% of clicks. Demand peaks in May–Jun–Jul. Flapen scores it 56 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

9.0% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 2.1M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 9.0% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £2.0M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.1M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.0%
Conversion, latest week
9.0%
Market size, estimated
£2.0Ma year
Peak month
July2.2× the quietest month
Top search term
slimfast775K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £10.55.

Listings sell for £10.55 on average, from £4.12 to £34.70. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 200K to 250K a year. The average listing sells 6,000 to 8,000 of them. At £10.55 that is £63K to £84K a year per listing.

Average price
£10.55under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£4.12–£34.70
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
200K–250K
Units per listing a year
6,000–8,000
Revenue per listing a year
£63K–£84K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

54% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 3.2% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #37 within Diet & Nutrition. It carries 1,888 reviews at 4.51 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
54%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
3.2%
Average rank
#37in Diet & Nutrition
Average rating
4.51 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,888per listing
Listings tracked
28

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are settling in.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 49 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
49 months

Products

Top Meal Replacement Shake 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 52% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£100K£201K£301K£401K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

6 falling

Sellers

68

Top-5 brand share

99%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

52%

Top 20: 91%

Open market

0%

  • SlimFast90%
  • Protein Works3%
  • USN2%
  • THE PROTEIN WORKS2%
  • Premium Body Nutrition1%
  • YFood1%
  • Open — no brand owns it (0%)

Demand

Meal Replacement Shake search demand

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

70K50KSpike '24Spike '25Prime Day '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: May, Jun, Jul · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.2×

Search terms

Top Meal Replacement Shake search terms shoppers use

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

  • slimfast775K/yr
  • meal replacement shake276K/yr
  • slim fast197K/yr
  • slimfast shakes ready made126K/yr
  • meal replacement139K/yr
  • slimfast shake powder125K/yr
  • weight loss shakes69K/yr
  • meal replacement shakes for weight loss55K/yr
  • slim fast shakes56K/yr
  • slimfast shakes meal replacement32K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Meal Replacement Shake

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

Complain

Taste-Overall43%−0.27

Horrible after taste

Chemical taste

Did not like the taste

Flavor7%+0.99

Very artificial flavour

Berry needs more flavor

Disgusting flavour

Sweetness6%−0.02

High in sugar

Too much sugar

Too sweet

Value For Money4%+0.99

Price is high

Waste of money

A bit pricey

Advertised Vs Actual Product2%+0.09

Very deceiving

not what is advertised

The description was a little misleading

Love

Taste-Overall34%−0.27

Delicious taste

Lovely tasting shakes

Excellent the taste is strong

Flavor16%+0.99

great choice of flavours

I really like the vanilla flavour

Great flavour

Value For Money10%+0.99

Amazing price

Good value for money

Good value for money

Quality-Overall7%+0.62

Amazing quality and well balanced

Excellent product

The large plastic tub it comes in seems pretty good quality

Nutritional Content6%+0.63

Good quality food supplement

Great for grabbing a protein boost on the go

This is an excellent protein drink

Return

0.1% Return rate 0% Fixable by listing

Flavor39%▁▁▁█▆▄

Very artificial flavour

Berry needs more flavor

Disgusting flavour

Ease Of Use11%▁▁▁█▁▁
Regulates Digestion11%▁▁▁▁▁█
Functionality-Overall11%▁▁█▁▁▁

Didn't work

I found these didnt work for me wasnt worth the money

Leak-Proof11%▁▁▁▁▁█

FAQ

Common Meal Replacement Shake questions

Answered from the same tracked data.