The common recipe was to add salt weighing from about ten percent to the saturation level of the flesh and guts of fish and shellfish; however, reflecting heath concerns since the end of the 20th century, shiokara with less salt has been produced and sold as well.
魚介肉及び内臓の約10%以上から飽和量の食塩を添加するのが一般的な製法とされてきたが、20世紀末頃からの健康志向に伴い、塩分が低い塩辛も製造・販売されるようになった。