Prefabricated dishes refer to semi-finished products made from various agricultural, livestock and aquatic products after pre-selection and modulation for consumers to eat after simple cooking. All kinds of snacks in Shaxian are manufactured products, which are directly sold and cannot be classified as prefabricated dishes.

Shaxian County is located in Sanming City, Fujian Province. According to the division of cuisines, Shaxian snacks belong to Hakka dishes in Fujian cuisine. The main categories of Fujian cuisine are Fuzhou cuisine, Minnan cuisine and Hakka cuisine, while Shaxian snacks not only have the characteristics of Fuzhou cuisine and Minnan cuisine, but also have the food culture of Hakka cuisine in mountainous areas such as Tingzhou, Fujian.