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Smart Protein

soft demand (-37.0% this quarter) — Smart Protein doesn't clear our bar today.

Flapen Score

45
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Market size 13Growth 6Conversion 79Competition 42Returns 100Price range 40Avg price 68Brand share 14Review moat 67Quality gap 78
This niche Category average

Is Smart Protein profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Smart Protein is a £52K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (46K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 45/100.

Smart Protein: the Amazon niche in one read

Everything a seller checks before entering, in three answers.

Is the demand real?

Not really. Search demand moved -37.0% over the last 90 days and 8.0% of searches end in a purchase.

£52K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr3K
Search volume / yr-37.0%46K
Conversion rate8.0%
Avg price£14.12

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 94% of demand, so 6% of the market is open.

6%

open market share

Brands · sellers9 · 28
Top-5 product click share60%
Open market6%
Avg brand age54 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 · 19 products

Sponsored placement89%
New entrants (1y)1· 0 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews840

Top Smart Protein 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 60% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

£0£3K£5K£8K£10K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

28

Top-5 brand share

94%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

60%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

4%

  • PhD77%
  • Royal Oak Health8%
  • NutriMali4%
  • Nutracraft3%
  • swiss bioenergetics3%
  • Solgar2%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 4%)

Smart Protein demand & seasonality

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

Volume46KCVR8.0%Products19Brands9Top 5 Brands94%OOS Rate0.0%Rating4.3★Reviews840Avg BSR#345
2K2KSpike '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26

Top Smart Protein search terms shoppers use

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

  • smart protein21K/yr
  • phd plant protein powder8K/yr
  • phd smart protein powder5K/yr
  • smart protein blend7K/yr
  • phd vegan protein powder3K/yr
  • phd diet plant3K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Smart Protein

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

What buyers love

66% of reviews
Quality-Overall14%

Good quality though, good macros, good taste

Taste-Overall13%

But it tastes great and very foamy

Nutritional Content11%

Great protein

Flavor9%

Creamy flavour and mixes well

Energy Level6%

An energy boost naturally

What buyers complain about

58% of reviews
Taste-Overall24%

Tastes very artificial and smells strange

Sweetness6%

Not sweet & plant based

Texture/Consistency-Overall5%

texture have changed

Flavor4%

Big shame as I love the chocolate flavour from Phd so wanted to love this too

Nutritional Content3%

It isn't always easy to assess the effectiveness of a supplement that may potentially be beneficial to your well-being

Common Smart Protein questions

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

Flapen scores Smart Protein 45/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Skip it. The niche generates £52K/yr across 19 tracked products. 0 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved -37.0% over the last 90 days.
Smart Protein buyers on Amazon United Kingdom complain most about Taste-Overall, Sweetness, Texture/Consistency-Overall, the themes mined from the niche's reviews. Its return rate is 0.1%.