The plain salted one
Kameda Soft Salada Salted Rice Crackers — 20 pieces
$6.23
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Kameda Kaki no Tane Rice Crackers, No Peanuts — 100g
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The fried one
Kameda Age Ichiban Fried Rice Crackers, Honey Soy — 100g
$6.29
$6.29 per 100 g
Product information
About
Soft Salada are thick, round Japanese rice crackers, senbei, baked over a grill and salted with salt from Okinawa, the island chain at Japan's southern end. They taste of toasted rice and salt and very little else, and the salt is firm rather than gentle. Buy them if you want a plain savoury cracker to hand round; if you are after a flavour, or something soft to chew, this is the wrong one.
On the pack: ソフトサラダ (Sofuto Sarada).
What you're getting
- Thick, but light. It shatters when you bite instead of resisting.
- "Soft" is a category, not a texture. Japanese senbei are usually hard and dense; this line was named for being lighter and more brittle than that, and it is not chewy in any way.
- "Salada" has nothing to do with salad. In Japanese snack naming it means salad oil: crackers brushed with oil and salted. Nothing green goes near it.
- The salt is Okinawan, and it is firm. People divide over it: some call it exactly right, others too much.
- Rice, oil, salt and a little bonito, dried skipjack tuna, the base of most Japanese savoury flavour. There is no powder coating and nothing else on it.
- Allergens: contains soy and fish. Our list is wider than the pack's own allergen chart: Japan's chart covers only salmon and mackerel, so the bonito here sits in the ingredient list rather than the allergen box. Read that ingredient list before you rely on ours.
- Allergens: no wheat is in it, but the factory also handles wheat, peanuts, shrimp, egg and milk. So this is not a gluten-free product, and traces are possible.
They lose their snap quickly once opened, so the 20 crackers come as ten sealed sachets of two. Of the three Kameda crackers we stock this is the plain one: the Kaki no Tane are thin and spicy, the Age Ichiban fried and rich.
Ingredients
The maker's ingredient list, translated from the Japanese pack. Anything after the break is an additive — the Japanese label lists those separately.
Non-glutinous rice (grown in the USA and Japan), vegetable oil, starch, salt, bonito extract powder
modified starch, seasoning (amino acids etc.), soy lecithin.
The printed label on the pack is always the authority on ingredients and allergens, not this page — please read it in full before you rely on our summary. If you are unsure about an ingredient, contact us.
Allergens
The maker declares:
- Allergens
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- Soy
- Fish
- May contain
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- Crustaceans
- Wheat
- Eggs
- Milk
- Peanuts
Not ingredients — these are made or handled on the same equipment as this product, so traces are possible. We list every shared-equipment allergen the maker declares.
The printed label on the pack is always the authority on ingredients and allergens, not this page — please read it in full before you rely on our summary. If you are unsure about an ingredient, contact us.
Details
- Maker
- Kameda Seika
- Prefecture
- Niigata
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- 20 crackers: 10 sachets of 2
Our guide
How to eat it
- Once the outer bag is open the crackers soften even inside their wrappers, so work through the sachets rather than saving them. One that bends instead of shattering is damp rather than stale.
In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
What do the numbers mean?
Counts of how many reviews mentioned each thing, not a score. One review can mention several. Every quote is our translation, with the original Japanese beneath it.
- What they like
There are similar crackers from other makers, but of this type this really is the best-tasting one.
他社メーカーの似たようなおせんべいもありますが、このタイプの商品はやっぱりこれが一番美味しいです。
mentioned in 6 of 8 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
There are all sorts of senbei and I love that each has its own merit — which is exactly why a senbei competing on salt alone is, how to put it, precious.
おせんべいって色々あってどれも違う良さがあって好き。だからこそ塩味1本で勝負してるおせんべいってなんて言うか尊い。
from monolog
- What they like
The salt level, the crispness — I've loved them for years. The texture is light, so you just keep eating one after another.
塩加減、サクサク感、昔から大好きです。軽い食感なので、次々食べてしまいますね
from monolog
- What they grumble about
The instant I bit in, salt hit hard across my mouth and my tongue tingled. Whoa… personally this is a seriously salty flavour. The cracker itself is good, though.
ひと口食べた瞬間ガツンと塩気が口に広がって舌がビリビリしました。おおう…これは個人的にかなりしょっぱい味わい。おせんべい自体は美味しいのだけど。
mentioned in 15 of 91 reviews we readfrom mognavi
- What they like
Two to a sachet and they're a good size, so even when I'm cutting back on snacks one sachet just about does it — I'm grateful for that.
２枚入っいて大きさもあるので、おかしを節制していても１袋でなんとか我慢できるのでありがたい。
from monolog
- What they like
It really is good. Some comments say the salt is strong, but I think it's just right. There's no odd powder on it other than salt — a simple salt senbei.
やはり美味しいです 塩味も強いというコメントもありますが、私はちょうど良いと思います。まわりに塩以外は変な粉も付いて無くてシンプルな塩せんべいです
mentioned in 21 of 38 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
Plumply thick with a crisp texture. The toasty fragrance and well-judged saltiness are "simple" and good.
ふっくらとした厚みで、サクサクとした食感。こんがりとした香ばしさと程好い塩気が『シンプル』でおいしい
from mognavi
- What they grumble about
Bought them after a long gap and they're delicious! But somehow saltier than they used to be? Maybe my palate has changed.
久しぶりに買ったけどおいしーい！ でもなんだか昔よりしょっぱいですかね。 自分の味覚が変わったのかなぁ。
mentioned in 4 of 15 reviews we readfrom monolog
- What they like
Sanko: sweetness, soft in hardness, a light crunch. Kameda: saltiness, a bit of firmness, more of a snap?!
三幸さん､甘味､硬さはソフト､サクッと感 亀田さん､塩味､硬さは少しアリ､パリッ?！と感
from monolog
- What they like
The texture is denser and firmer than Sanko's. The salt is on the strong side. It's good.
食感は三幸さんより詰まった感じでしっかりしてる 塩は強めです 美味しいです
from monolog
- What they like
There are many imitators but this is the best. The balance of salt, size and lightness is right. I think it's eaten across a wide range of ages. It also goes with a drink.
類似品が沢山あるが、これが1番美味しい。 塩の加減や大きさ、軽さのバランスが良い。 幅広い年齢に食べられていると思う。 お酒のおつまみにも合いますよ。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
Being a salada sen it has umami as well as salt, and maybe because of that I wanted a bit more saltiness. Might be just right for giving to children!
サラダせんなので塩気のみでなくうまみもあってからなのか塩気がもう少し欲しい感じ。子供さんにあげるのにはちょうどいいのかも！
mentioned in 2 of 38 reviews we readfrom mognavi
- What they like
It's always just been in the house; the family reaches for them like they'll finish the lot. I worry about overdoing the salt, but they're too good to stop. Few shops carry them, so I always buy in bulk.
昔から家にあるのが当たり前の商品で、家族が特に食べ尽くす勢いで手を伸ばします。 食べ過ぎて塩分の摂り過ぎが心配ながらも、美味しいので止められない商品ですね。買える店が少ないので、いつもまとめ買いしてます。
from monolog
- What they like
Bought them after a while. Ten sachets, and I got through five in one go. Light texture, and this saltiness is irresistible.
久しぶりに買いました。１０袋なのに一気に５袋食べてしまいました。軽い食感で、この塩味がたまりません。
from monolog
- What they like
One of those "these are still around?" products. It's the senbei they gave us for snack time in kindergarten. I still love them, and my son does too.
まだあったのかーと言う商品の一つです。幼稚園児の頃おやつにでたお煎餅です。今でも好きで食べています。息子も好きです。
mentioned in 17 of 91 reviews we readfrom mognavi
- What they like
Nothing unnecessary in it, so you can enjoy a pure salt senbei — one of my repeat buys for about ten years now.
余計なものが入っておらず、純粋に塩のせんべいを楽しめるので、ほぼ10年間ぐらい買っているリピート商品のひとつです。
from monolog
- What they grumble about
Exquisite saltiness and a light crispness — of all the salada senbei out there this is my favourite. The individual wrapping is good too! It goes a bit soft easily, so minus 0.5.
絶妙な塩気と軽めのサクサク感があって数あるサラダせんべいの中でも、この商品が１番好き。 個包装なところも良いです！ 少し湿気りやすいので−0.5です
mentioned in 3 of 91 reviews we readfrom monolog
Real quotes from Japanese review sites (monolog, mognavi), translated by us. We show no star rating from those sites.
The maker
Where it comes from
- Kameda Seika
- Niigata
Kameda Seika began in 1946 as a candy workshop in the Kameda district of Niigata, and has made rice crackers there ever since. Soft Salada joined the range in 1970 and has stayed in it.
The name is older than the product. In the 1960s, when salad oil was still expensive in Japan, someone brushed it over a rice cracker and salted it, and called the result salada: the western word sounded modern. On a Japanese snack it has meant oil and salt ever since.
These are baked on a net over a special kiln, which raises them as they cook. That is where the thickness comes from, and why they stay light rather than turning dense.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: kamedaseika.co.jp (opens in a new tab)
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