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Food Science (Agricultural Sciences, Kindle eBooks): Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Food Science (Agricultural Sciences, Kindle eBooks), updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $11.99, median 330 reviews, average rating 4.5 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 19/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.99 – $17.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.5 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- At $11.99 its median price beats 93% of Kindle eBooks categories, leaving more margin per copy.
- Its review barrier is higher than in 75% of Kindle eBooks categories: the median best seller has 330 reviews, so new books need time to build up.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.99 to $17.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Food Science best sellers
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The Essential Dry Mix Pantry Cookbook: 250 Budget-Friendly Homemade Mixes with 750+ Ways to Use Them | Exact Jar Sizes, Smart Storage, Easy Substitutions & a 90-Day Meal Plan
- List rank#1
- Price$6.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews104
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Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
by Bee Wilson
- List rank#2
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews933
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I Don't Eat That: How Seeing Ultra-Processed Food Clearly Ends the Craving
by Brian Sellin
- List rank#3
- Price$7.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews56
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What to Eat
by Marion Nestle
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews351
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Ultra-Processed People: Why We Can't Stop Eating Food That Isn't Food
by Chris van Tulleken
- List rank#5
- Price$9.99
- Rating4.6
- Reviews1,846
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The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science
by J. Kenji López-Alt
- List rank#6
- Price$22.09
- Rating4.9
- Reviews11,081
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Animal Liberation Now: The Definitive Classic Renewed
by Peter Singer
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews704
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Home Cheese Making, 4th Edition: From Fresh and Soft to Firm, Blue, Goat’s Milk, and More; Recipes for 100 Favorite Cheeses
by Ricki Carroll
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.7
- Reviews786
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The Prepper’s Survival Collection: A Beginner's Guide to Find, Filter and Purify Water + How to Grow, Preserve and Store Food for Emergency Preparedness ... Times (Self Reliance Essentials Book 3)
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews55
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The Way We Eat Now: How the Food Revolution Has Transformed Our Lives, Our Bodies, and Our World
by Bee Wilson
- List rank#10
- Price$1.99
- Rating4.5
- Reviews337
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FAQ
Is Food Science a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 19/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 330 reviews and sells for $11.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Food Science?
The median best seller has 330 reviews, and 41% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Food Science best sellers cost?
The median price is $11.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.99 and $17.99.
Can new books break into Food Science?
8% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.