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Protein Sachets

Protein Sachets shows low returns (0.1%), but brand-locked demand (top 5 brands take 93% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 46Growth 25Conversion 52Competition 47Returns 99Price range 86Avg price 95Brand share 18Review moat 80Quality gap 67
This niche Category average

Is Protein Sachets profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Protein Sachets is a £250K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (229K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Protein Sachets: 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 +0.3% over the last 90 days and 4.3% of searches end in a purchase.

£250K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr10K
Search volume / yr+0.3%229K
Conversion rate4.3%
Avg price£25.43

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 93% of demand, so 7% of the market is open.

7%

open market share

Brands · sellers8 · 31
Top-5 product click share57%
Open market7%
Avg brand age66 months

Is there a way in?

Listing quality. The average product page scores 0/100 on content standards. Incumbents average 4.3★ — the gap to enter on.

0/100

page quality · 22 products

Sponsored placement50%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews392

Top Protein Sachets 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 57% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£25K£50K£75K£100K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

8 falling

Sellers

31

Top-5 brand share

93%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

57%

Top 20: 97%

Open market

4%

  • NXT Nutrition66%
  • Applied Nutrition11%
  • Peak Supps7%
  • Bulk4%
  • Vilgain4%
  • Hunter & Gather3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (2 brands, 4%)

Protein Sachets demand & seasonality

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

Volume229KCVR4.3%Products22Brands8Top 5 Brands93%OOS Rate2.1%Rating4.3★Reviews392Avg BSR#21
6K4KSpike '25Spike '26DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.7×

Top Protein Sachets search terms shoppers use

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

  • beef protein isolate51K/yr
  • nxt beef protein isolate41K/yr
  • beef protein34K/yr
  • beef isolate protein powder20K/yr
  • grass fed whey protein powder18K/yr
  • beef protein powder18K/yr
  • grass fed protein powder8K/yr
  • beef isolate7K/yr
  • nxt beef protein7K/yr
  • grass fed whey5K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Protein Sachets

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

What buyers love

72% of reviews
Nutritional Content19%

Good protein powder

Taste-Overall16%

Fantastic taste

Quality-Overall10%

the quality of the whey itself is excellent

Flavor7%

Very tasty flavour

Blend/Ratio6%

blends really well

What buyers complain about

60% of reviews
Taste-Overall20%

Unpleasant taste

Sweetness8%

Too sweet

Solubility7%

Difficult to dissolve

Flavor7%

no flavor

Nutritional Content4%

I dont like eating breakfast

Protein Sachets return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

14%

Fixable by listing

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

1Taste-Overall
23%
2Flavor
11%
3Nutritional Content
10%
4Leak-Proof
7%
5Advertised Vs Actual Product
6%

Common Protein Sachets questions

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

Flapen scores Protein Sachets 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £250K/yr across 22 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +0.3% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Protein Sachets on Amazon United Kingdom is steady year-round — the busiest month runs 1.7× the quietest.