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Unflavoured Protein Powder

Unflavoured Protein Powder shows low returns (0.1%), but a concentrated shelf (top 5 take 71% of clicks) keeps it on the watch list.

Flapen Score

55
Worth a look
Market size 53Growth 27Conversion 70Competition 24Returns 100Price range 87Avg price 95Brand share 36Review moat 39Quality gap 76
This niche Category average

Is Unflavoured Protein Powder profitable on Amazon?

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, Unflavoured Protein Powder is a £339K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (230K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar. Verdict: Worth a look — 55/100.

Unflavoured Protein Powder: 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 +1.7% over the last 90 days and 6.4% of searches end in a purchase.

£339K

revenue / yr

Units sold / yr15K
Search volume / yr+1.7%230K
Conversion rate6.4%
Avg price£22.89

Who owns the niche?

The top 5 brands hold 83% of demand, so 17% of the market is open.

17%

open market share

Brands · sellers10 · 22
Top-5 product click share71%
Open market17%
Avg brand age63 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 · 16 products

Sponsored placement75%
New entrants (1y)1· 1 succeeded
Avg rating4.3★
Avg reviews2,583

Top Unflavoured Protein Powder 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 capture 71% of clicks — a locked-up shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£34K£68K£102K£135K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

10 rising

Sellers

22

Top-5 brand share

83%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

71%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

10%

  • Bulk31%
  • BULK POWDERS29%
  • NAKED9%
  • Optimum Nutrition7%
  • Isopure7%
  • Myprotein7%
  • Open — no brand owns it (4 brands, 10%)

Unflavoured Protein Powder demand & seasonality

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

Volume230KCVR6.4%Products16Brands10Top 5 Brands83%OOS Rate0.4%Rating4.3★Reviews2,583Avg BSR#25
12K8KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar · busiest ÷ quietest = 3.1×

Top Unflavoured Protein Powder search terms shoppers use

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

  • unflavoured protein powder71K/yr
  • whey protein unflavoured31K/yr
  • protein powder unflavoured25K/yr
  • unflavoured whey protein powder17K/yr
  • whey protein isolate unflavoured9K/yr
  • whey protein powder unflavoured11K/yr
  • flavourless protein powder11K/yr
  • protein powder no sweeteners5K/yr
  • plain protein powder6K/yr
  • whey isolate unflavoured6K/yr

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Unflavoured Protein Powder

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

What buyers love

74% of reviews
Nutritional Content19%

Good protein powder

Taste-Overall19%

It tastes lovely

Value For Money8%

Good value for money

Blend/Ratio7%

Chocolate mixes well

Flavor6%

Very smooth and real vanilla taste

What buyers complain about

61% of reviews
Taste-Overall22%

Very unpleasant taste

Flavor9%

This one was extremely strongly and unpleasantly flavoured

Nutritional Content7%

had to comment to say how poor this protein powder is - avoid

Solubility6%

Doesnt dissolve

Value For Money5%

price increase

Unflavoured Protein Powder return rate & reasons

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

0.1%

Return rate

16%

Fixable by listing

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

1Flavor
15%
2Leak-Proof
15%
3Ingredients-Overall
15%
4Advertised Vs Actual Product
10%
5Taste-Overall
10%

Common Unflavoured Protein Powder questions

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

Flapen scores Unflavoured Protein Powder 55/100 on Amazon United Kingdom — Worth a look. The niche generates £339K/yr across 16 tracked products. 1 of 1 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. Search demand moved +1.7% over the last 90 days.
Search demand for Unflavoured Protein Powder on Amazon United Kingdom peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar, where the busiest month runs 3.1× the quietest.