It contains over twenty separate foods, among them albacore, sea cucumbers, shark's fin, shellfish, chicken, duck, pork ribs, pig's feet and stomach.
佛跳牆不是純海味，但也無法歸入雞鴨或任何一類，因為這道酒席菜包含了鮑、參、翅、肚、干貝、雞鴨、排骨、豬腳… … 廿多種主要材料。