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food mill

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A small market ($93K/yr) — this niche doesn't clear our bar today.

Market size 23Growth 38Conversion 60Competition 36Returns 24Price range 75Avg price 95Brand share 53Review moat 49Quality gap 97

Quality gap

Incredible3.8★

avg incumbent rating — lower means beatable quality

Avg price

Incredible£38.49

avg listing price — sweet spot $15–$100

Price range

Great£7.12–£120.80

cheapest to priciest tracked listing — scored on the share inside $15–$100

Conversion

Good5.1%

search→purchase rate — share of searches ending in a sale

Brand share

Good73%

top-5 brand share — brands hold most of the demand

Review moat

Okay1,586.1

avg incumbent reviews — the moat a new listing must climb

Growth

Okay+10.0%

90-day search growth — must beat 0% to launch

Competition

Okay64%

top-5 click share — leaders hold, buyers still browse

Returns

Bad5.3%

return rate — above 5% kills the launch gate

Market size

Bad£93K

£93K/yr · 47K searches

According to Flapen's Amazon United Kingdom niche tracking, food mill is a £93K/yr Amazon United Kingdom market (47K searches/yr). The top 5 brands hold 73% of demand. Verdict: Skip it — 49/100.

Data updated Jul 27, 2026 · scored weekly · How we score niches

food mill market data

Units sold / yr
1K–1K
avg 0–100/product
Revenue / yr
£38K–£48K
units × avg price
Conversion rate
5.1%
Avg BSR
#736
Page quality
0%
Prime
90%
Sponsored
65%
Out of stock
6.2%
Avg brand age
51 months
Avg seller age
180 days

Competition & brand share

The top 5 products take 64% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them.

Brands

15 rising

Sellers

64

Top-5 brand share

73%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

64%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

21%

  • Moulinex28%
  • Navaris17%
  • Mihoho12%
  • Ejoyous8%
  • OXO8%
  • The Hungry Artisan6%

Demand

Weekly Amazon search volume, last 44 weeks — +10.0% search growth over the last 90 days.
2K1KSep '25Nov '25Dec '25Feb '26Apr '26May '26

Top food mill search terms

  • food mill25K/yr
  • mouli13K/yr
  • moulin5K/yr
  • food mill for tomatoes4K/yr
All search terms

Top food mill products on Amazon

Each bubble is one product — market share against review moat; bubble size tracks estimated sales, color grades how beatable the incumbent looks.

0%10%£9K20%£19K30%£28K40%£37K1101001K10K Reviews — right = deep review moat Market share (90d) ≈ est. sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)1 product missing review or click data not plotted

All 20 tracked products in this niche — three views at once, no toggling.

What buyers say about food mill

What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.

What buyers love

Quality-Overall50%

“Superficially well made”

Ease Of Use15%

“Easy to use”

Strength10%

“Solid piece of equipment”

Time Taken10%

“gone back to my decent hand held manual masher as it was far quicker”

Ease Of Cleaning5%

“easy to clean”

Assembly/Installation5%

“Easy to assemble and use”

What buyers complain about

Quality-Overall32%

“Cheap and effective”

Durability14%

“Broke after 6mths”

Size-Overall7%

“Doesn't even fit together”

Instructions/User Manual/Troubleshooting7%

“No instructions, didnt work, getting a refund seems to be difficult”

Design-Overall7%

“badly engineered”

Jamming/Clogging7%

“Instead, it kept clogging, and I spent more time clearing it out than actually milling anything”

Rusts/Corrodes7%

“French tin mouli that I have used for 48 years which eventually got rusty”

Functionality-Overall4%

“Didnt work very well”

Strength4%

“very small very flimsy”

Scratch Resistance4%

“scratched in exactly the same places as another reviewer's photo”

Top return reasons

Functionality-Overall20%
Size-Overall19%
Quality-Overall10%
Strength7%
Mechanism Issues6%
Scratch Resistance5%
Assembly/Installation5%
Handle Quality5%
Defective Material/Parts3%
Material Quality3%

Common questions

Is food mill profitable to sell on Amazon United Kingdom?
The niche generates £93K/yr across 20 tracked products. 0 of 2 products launched in the last 360 days are still selling. 90-day search growth is +10.0%. Flapen's verdict: Skip it (49/100).
How competitive is the food mill niche?
15 brands and 64 sellers compete. The top 5 products take 64% of clicks and top 5 brands hold 73% of demand.
What do buyers complain about in food mill?
Top complaints mined from reviews: Quality-Overall, Durability, Size-Overall. The return rate is 5.3% — above our launch gate.
What does it cost to enter the food mill niche?
Listings span £7.12–£120.80; the average listing price is £38.49 (sweet spot $15–$100). The average incumbent carries 1,586 reviews — the moat a new listing must climb.