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Lactose

Maybe

Shoppers spend an estimated $7.4M a year here. But the top 5 brands take 96% of clicks, so Lactose is a Maybe.

Flapen Score
54
54 / 100
Top 28% of 14,768 Health & Household niches · +5 vs the category median of 49
Market size
$7.4M/yr2.5M searches / yr
90-day growth
+4.8%search demand this quarter
Competition
70%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 595 sellers

Flapen Score

Lactose against its category

The dotted line is the Health & Household average. Past it, Lactose is stronger. Inside it, weaker.

54Maybe
Big MarketTrendingHigh ConversionOpen MarketLow ReturnsPrice rangeAvg priceNo Dominant BrandLow Review BarrierQuality Gap
This niche Category average

Market

The Lactose market on Amazon at a glance

Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Lactose 2.5M times last year and spent an estimated $7.4M. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Demand peaks in Jan–Feb–Mar–May–Jun–Sep. Flapen scores it 54 out of 100, a Maybe.

01 · Demand

An estimated 20.7% of those searches ended in a purchase.

Shoppers searched for this 2.5M times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 20.7% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved +4.8% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $7.4M a year.

Searches, last 12 months
2.5M
Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
+4.8%
Conversion, latest week
20.7%
Market size, estimated
$7.4Ma year
Peak month
January28.2× the quietest month
Top search term
lactaid1.0M searches a year

02 · Price

A sale here is worth $14.33.

Listings sell for $14.33 on average, from $4.64 to $31.68. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 500K to 600K a year. The average listing sells 30,000 to 40,000 of them. At $14.33 that is $430K to $573K a year per listing.

Average price
$14.33under the $15 to $100 sweet spot
Price range
$4.64–$31.68
Amazon United States median price
$24.38across 115,062 niches
Units sold a year
500K–600K
Units per listing a year
30,000–40,000
Revenue per listing a year
$430K–$573K
Returns
0.0%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%

03 · Entry bar

The bar here is reviews.

67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 100% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.0% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #44 within Digestion & Nausea. It carries 8,717 reviews at 4.65 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.

Sponsored listings
67%
Prime listings
100%
Out of stock, average day
0.0%
Average rank
#44in Digestion & Nausea
Average rating
4.65 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
Average reviews
8,717per listing
Listings tracked
15

04 · Newcomers

1 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.

1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 1 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 101 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
101 months

Products

Top Lactose products & what they sell for

Every tracked product: its share of the shelf, its reviews, and its price.

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Competition

Competition: brands, sellers & click share

The top 5 products take 70% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.

Brands

7 flat

Sellers

595

Top-5 brand share

96%

Top 20: 100%

Top-5 click share

70%

Top 20: 100%

Open market

2%

  • Brand 176%
  • Brand 26%
  • Brand 36%
  • Brand 45%
  • Brand 53%
  • Brand 62%
  • Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)

Demand

Lactose search demand

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

60K40KSpike '25Black Friday '25Holiday '25Spike '26SepDecMarJunAugNovMarMay

Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Sep · busiest ÷ quietest = 28.2×

Search terms

Top Lactose search terms shoppers use

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

  • lactaid1.0M/yr
  • lactaid pills570K/yr
  • lactose intolerance pills197K/yr
  • lactaid chewables127K/yr
  • lactose pills108K/yr
  • lactase116K/yr
  • lactase enzyme105K/yr
  • lactaid fast act35K/yr
  • lactase pills49K/yr
  • dairy relief pills45K/yr

Reviews and returns

What reviews say buyers love and hate about Lactose

We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.

15%of positive reviews mention “Efficiency”
18%of negative reviews mention “Functionality-Overall”
<0.1%of orders come back, a rate Amazon rounds to zero
“didn't work well for me”
A buyer, on “Functionality-Overall”18% of negative reviews mention the same topic

Every topic

Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.

Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.

15 topics

NegativePositive

FAQ

Common Lactose questions

Answered from the same tracked data.