The main ingredients include wheat flour, sugar and eggs, and this type of senbei is often sweet in taste and is close to biscuits and 'kasutera' (a Japanese-style sponge cake originally imitated from that of Castella in the 16th century).
材料は主に小麦粉、砂糖、鶏卵などで、カステラやビスケットに近く、味は甘めのものが多い。