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Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food

Fail

The top 5 brands take 100% of clicks, so Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food is a Fail.

Flapen Score
47
47 / 100
Ranks 538 of 875 Pet Supplies niches · −3 vs the category median of 50
Market size
£414K/yr213K searches / yr
90-day growth
-7.0%search demand this quarter
Competition
82%top-5 click share · 4 brands · 74 sellers

Flapen Score

Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food against its category

The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

47Fail
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United Kingdom searched for Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food 213K times last year and spent an estimated £414K. All 4 brands take every click. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar–Apr–May–Dec. Flapen scores it 47 out of 100, a Fail.

01 · Demand

15.1% of searches ended in a purchase last week.

Shoppers searched for this 213K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United Kingdom for this niche's terms. In the latest week, 15.1% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -7.0% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated £414K a year.

Searches, last 12 months
213K
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
-7.0%
Conversion, latest week
15.1%
Market size, estimated
£414Ka year
Peak month
April7.5× the quietest month
Top search term
harringtons wet cat food102K searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth £12.87.

Listings sell for £12.87 on average, from £5.23 to £22.74. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 30K to 40K a year. The average listing sells 2,000 to 2,500 of them. At £12.87 that is £26K to £32K a year per listing.

Average price
£12.87under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
£5.23–£22.74
Amazon United Kingdom median price
£12.12across 27,606 niches
Units sold a year
30K–40K
Units per listing a year
2,000–2,500
Revenue per listing a year
£26K–£32K
Returns
0.1%of orders · Amazon United Kingdom median 0.6%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is low.

55% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 91% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #83 within Cats. It carries 1,373 reviews at 4.38 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
55%
Prime listings
91%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#83in Cats
Average rating
4.38 starsAmazon United Kingdom average 4.36 stars
Average reviews
1,373per listing
Listings tracked
11

04 · Newcomers

Brands here are established.

The brands on the shelf have sold for 65 months on average, so the names here are established.

Launched, last 12 months
0
Successful launches
0Amazon's first-year sales bar
Average brand age
65 months

Products

Top Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food 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 82% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

£0£62K£124K£187K£249K101001K10K Review Count Sales
Beatable (≤4.3★) Contested Strong incumbent (>4.7★)

Brands

4 falling

Sellers

74

Top-5 brand share

100%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

82%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

0%

  • HARRINGTONS84%
  • ROYAL CANIN7%
  • James Wellbeloved5%
  • by Amazon4%

Demand

Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food search demand

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

4K3KPrime Day '25Spike '25Holiday '25Spike '26JunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 7.5×

Search terms

Top Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food search terms shoppers use

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

  • harringtons wet cat food102K/yr
  • harringtons cat food33K/yr
  • james wellbeloved cat food17K/yr
  • hypoallergenic cat food wet11K/yr
  • royal canin sensitivity control cat food9K/yr
  • harrington cat food7K/yr
  • hypoallergenic wet cat food6K/yr
  • harringtons cat food wet6K/yr
  • royal canin hypoallergenic cat food wet4K/yr
  • james wellbeloved cat food wet6K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food

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

Complain

Value For Money20%+0.78

price does fluctuate

it is more expensive than other brands

just gone up in price

Quality-Overall15%−0.15

Poor quality

I'm not going to say this is high quality food

Extremely low-quality product

Smell15%−0.18

Absolutely disgusting smell

Stinks the house out

Smells terrible

Flavor9%−0.10

was really disgusted at every flavour

Refused to eat certain flavours

It's a shame you can't swap the flavours around on your subscriptiom as I think they get a little bored

Advertised Vs Actual Product7%−0.05

So, not as advertised

MISS LEADING DESCRIPTION

so to describe this food as hypoallergenic is really misleading

Love

Pet Friendly35%

My cats enjoy it

Cats love it

My cats are happy

Value For Money25%+0.78

Excellent value for money

Reasonable price

Good for the price

Quality-Overall16%−0.15

The food itself is decent

Good Quality

Good quality food

Taste-Overall4%+0.16

Excellent cat food

Cats love this food

absolutely love the taste

Ingredients-Overall3%+0.17

Grain free cat food

The ingredients are healthy too, with a high protein content and no grain

with good ingredients

FAQ

Common Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Cat Food questions

Answered from the same tracked data.