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Vanilla Protein Powders

Maybe

Returns run at only 0.1% of orders. But the top 5 brands take 91% of clicks, so Vanilla Protein Powders is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
58
58 / 100
Top 13% of 2,035 Health & Personal Care niches · +10 vs the category median of 48
Market size
£1.7M/yr1.7M searches / yr
90-day growth
-1.4%search demand this quarter
Competition
62%top-5 click share · 9 brands · 50 sellers

Flapen Score

Vanilla Protein Powders against its category

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

58Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Vanilla Protein Powders market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Vanilla Protein Powders 1.7M times last year and spent an estimated £1.7M. The top 5 brands take 91% of clicks. Flapen scores it 58 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

5.7% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 1.7M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 5.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -1.4% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £1.7M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
1.7M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-1.4%
Conversion, latest week
5.7%
Market size, estimated
£1.7Ma year
Peak month
February1.9× the quietest month
Top search term
my protein432K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £18.17.

Listings sell for £18.17 on average, from £7.85 to £38.38. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 80K to 100K a year. The average listing sells 4,000 to 5,000 of them. At £18.17 that is £73K to £91K a year per listing.

Average price
£18.17inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£7.85–£38.38
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
80K–100K
Units per listing a year
4,000–5,000
Revenue per listing a year
£73K–£91K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

80% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 75% ship with Prime. On an average day, 7.7% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #14 within Diet & Nutrition. It carries 2,735 reviews at 4.33 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
80%
Prime listings
75%
Out of stock, average day
7.7%
Average rank
#14in Diet & Nutrition
Average rating
4.33 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
2,735per listing
Listings tracked
20

04 · Newcomers

Amazon counts 3 of last year's 4 launches as successful.

4 products launched here in the last 12 months. Amazon counts 3 of them as successful launches, new products that hit its first-year sales bar. The brands on the shelf have sold for 56 months on average, so the names here are settling in.

Launched, last 12 months
4
Successful launches
3Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
56 months

Products

Top Vanilla Protein Powders 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 62% of clicks. Leaders hold, but buyers still shop past them.

£0£173K£346K£518K£691K1101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

9 rising

Sellers

50

Top-5 brand share

91%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

62%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

6%

  • Myprotein64%
  • Applied Nutrition10%
  • BULK POWDERS8%
  • Bulk6%
  • Optimum Nutrition3%
  • PhD3%
  • Open — no brand owns it (3 brands, 6%)

Demand

Vanilla Protein Powders search demand

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

45K35KSpike '25Prime Day '25Black Friday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.9×

Search terms

Top Vanilla Protein Powders search terms shoppers use

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

  • my protein432K/yr
  • vanilla protein powder287K/yr
  • myprotein255K/yr
  • my protein whey powder156K/yr
  • protein powder vanilla104K/yr
  • myprotein impact whey protein84K/yr
  • applied nutrition protein powder89K/yr
  • impact whey protein powder57K/yr
  • whey protein powder vanilla39K/yr
  • vanilla whey protein powder30K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Vanilla Protein Powders

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

Complain

Taste-Overall29%−0.07

not as tasty

Horrible taste

Strange taste

Nutritional Content8%+1.47

Basically ruined 3 meals for me i cant eat any more of it

Really poor, taste terrible and Ive had a few bad whey protein powders

Nutritional information incorrect

Flavor5%+0.19

wrong flavor and consistency

Its not exactly vanilla flavour

the flavour isnt good

Sweetness5%−0.05

Just stupidly assumed that a health product would not have sweetener

TOO SWEET

Tad bit on the sweeter side

Texture/Consistency-Overall4%−0.02

The texture is also a bit gritty

everything has a horrid grainy texture

Grainy texture

Love

Taste-Overall27%−0.07

it tastes lovely

Delicious taste

Beautiful creamy taste

Nutritional Content18%+1.47

Great protein boost

Great protein powder

good amount of protein

Quality-Overall10%+1.17

Good Quality

Great Company with great products

It was a good and effective product

Flavor8%+0.19

The vanilla flavour is pleasant

Love this flavour. vanilla ice cream

Great flavour

Value For Money6%+0.79

good value for money

Fair price

Good value for money

Return

0.1% Return rate 4% Fixable by listing

Taste-Overall27%▆█▄▄▆▆

not as tasty

Horrible taste

Strange taste

Flavor26%▃█▅▄▅▄

wrong flavor and consistency

Its not exactly vanilla flavour

the flavour isnt good

Texture/Consistency-Overall5%▃▁█▁▃█

The texture is also a bit gritty

everything has a horrid grainy texture

Grainy texture

Leak-Proof5%▁▁██▂▁
Nutritional Content4%▁▁▁▇█▁

Basically ruined 3 meals for me i cant eat any more of it

Really poor, taste terrible and Ive had a few bad whey protein powders

Nutritional information incorrect

FAQ

Common Vanilla Protein Powders questions

Answered from the same tracked data.