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Unflavoured Protein Powder

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 products take 71% of clicks, so Unflavoured Protein Powder is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
55
55 / 100
Top 21% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +7 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£339K/yr230K searches / yr
90-day growth
+1.7%search demand this quarter
Competition
71%top-5 click share · 10 brands · 22 sellers

Flapen Score

Unflavoured Protein Powder against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Personal Care average. Past it, Unflavoured Protein Powder is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

55Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Unflavoured Protein Powder market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Unflavoured Protein Powder 230K times last year and spent an estimated £339K. The top 5 brands take 83% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar. Flapen scores it 55 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

6.4% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 230K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 6.4% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +1.7% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £339K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
230K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+1.7%
Conversion, latest week
6.4%
Market size, estimated
£339Ka year
Peak month
February3.1× the quietest month
Top search term
unflavoured protein powder71K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £22.89.

Listings sell for £22.89 on average, from £9.58 to £66.42. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 13K to 15K a year. The average listing sells 750 to 1,000 of them. At £22.89 that is £17K to £23K a year per listing.

Average price
£22.89inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£9.58–£66.42
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
13K–15K
Units per listing a year
750–1,000
Revenue per listing a year
£17K–£23K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

75% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 88% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.4% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #25 within Diet & Nutrition. It carries 2,583 reviews at 4.28 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
75%
Prime listings
88%
Out of stock, average day
0.4%
Average rank
#25in Diet & Nutrition
Average rating
4.28 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,583per listing
Listings tracked
16

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 1 of last year's 1 launches as successful.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 1 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 63 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
1
Successful launches
1Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
63 months

Products

Top Unflavoured Protein Powder 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 71% of clicks. A locked 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%)

Demand

Unflavoured Protein Powder search demand

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

12K8KHoliday '24Spike '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

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

Search terms

Top Unflavoured Protein Powder search terms shoppers use

The exact words 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

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Unflavoured Protein Powder

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

Complain

Taste-Overall22%−0.09

Very unpleasant taste

Not a great taste

has a weird taste

Flavor9%+0.27

This one was extremely strongly and unpleasantly flavoured

just didt like the chocolate flavour

Bad flavour

Nutritional Content7%+1.36

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

Nutritional information incorrect

I cant critisise or approve of the protein content as I have no way to tell

Solubility6%−0.05

Doesnt dissolve

Its does not mix well at all

Slightly less soluble than some other brands

Value For Money5%−0.02

price increase

Overpriced

Overpriced

Love

Nutritional Content19%+1.36

Good protein powder

Its a good protein shake

decent amount of protein

Taste-Overall19%−0.09

It tastes lovely

ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS

no strange taste

Value For Money8%−0.02

Good value for money

Worth it

Great price

Blend/Ratio7%+1.27

Chocolate mixes well

blends super well

easy to blend

Flavor6%+0.27

Very smooth and real vanilla taste

Good flavour

Love the vanilla flavour

Return

0.1% Return rate 16% Fixable by listing

Flavor15%██▅▁▁▁

This one was extremely strongly and unpleasantly flavoured

just didt like the chocolate flavour

Bad flavour

Leak-Proof15%▁▁▆▁█▁
Ingredients-Overall15%▁▁▄▁█▁
Advertised Vs Actual Product10%▁▁▁▁▁█

False advertising

Wrong description

The pictures are misleading as the values they show are just random

Taste-Overall10%██▁▁▁▁

Very unpleasant taste

Not a great taste

has a weird taste

FAQ

Common Unflavoured Protein Powder questions

Answered from the same tracked data.