Vegan Walnut Baklava 100% plant-based — no compromise on flavour

The Craft Behind It

Vegan Walnut Baklava: Tradition Reimagined

Traditional Turkish baklava relies on two animal-derived ingredients: ghee butter, which provides richness and the characteristic flakiness of the phyllo, and sugar syrup, which provides sweetness and moisture. For Saytad's Vegan Walnut Baklava, both are replaced — but not substituted arbitrarily. Each alternative was chosen for what it contributes to the finished product, not merely what it avoids.

Cold-pressed vegetable oil was selected as the fat source because, when applied between paper-thin phyllo sheets, it provides the lightness and crispness that the finished baklava requires. Date juice sherbet was chosen because dates have been part of the broader culinary tradition of the Middle East and Anatolia for millennia — using date sweetness in baklava is not a modern invention but a return to older, less refined methods of preparation.

The walnut filling is freshly crushed each morning, just as in our conventional walnut baklava. The layering is identical. The baking is identical. What you receive is a product that is, in every practical sense, the full baklava experience — available to those whose diet does not include animal products, without asking them to accept a lesser version of it.