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ADVENTURE FUEL SNACKSWork · Train · Play · Adventure
◆ Real food · Adaptogen-powered · Field-ready

This isn't just a snack.
It's an edge.

A real-food performance bar engineered with five organic adaptogens and superfoods to drive endurance, focus, and resilience under the highest tempo — proven in the cage and on the trail, and built as the basis for the next generation of military performance nutrition.

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Adventure Fuel Snacks 6-count box with Tart Cherries and Blueberries bars
Fueling real athletesBJJ & MMAPFL fightersTrail & endurance· Real · Raw · Organic ·
The science inside
Five actives. One whole-food edge.

Every bar is built on a stack of clinically-studied adaptogens and superfoods chosen for how they support a body under load — energy, cognition, stress resilience, and recovery. Here's what the research on these ingredients shows.

Adaptogen · endurance & strength

Organic Ashwagandha

The most exercise-studied adaptogen. Randomized trials and meta-analysis link standardized root extract to higher VO₂max, greater strength and power, lower cortisol, and faster recovery — and it stabilizes the stress response in team-sport athletes.

▲ Meta-analysis: +4.09 ml/min/kg VO₂max vs. placebo
Nootropic mushroom · focus

Organic Lion's Mane

One of the few natural compounds shown to stimulate NGF and BDNF — the body's own nerve-growth and neuroplasticity signals. Human trials report gains in memory, attention, and mood: clear-headed focus when it counts.

▲ Placebo-controlled trials: memory, attention & mood
Flavanols · calm energy

Organic Cacao

Cocoa flavanols increase cerebral blood flow, sharpen memory and executive function, and cut mental fatigue — while theobromine delivers steady, jitter-free energy and a genuine mood lift.

▲ RCTs: ↑executive function, ↓mental fatigue
Adaptogen mushroom · recovery

Organic Red Reishi

A recovery and resilience adaptogen — studied for reducing fatigue, supporting immune function, and calming exercise-induced inflammation so the body bounces back faster between efforts.

▲ Anti-fatigue · immune · anti-inflammatory support
Andean root · drive

Organic Black Maca

A high-altitude stamina root rich in amino acids and iron, traditionally used for energy and endurance, with human data showing improved mood and reduced anxiety — sustained drive without the crash.

▲ Human trials: mood ↑, stamina support
The five organic superfood powders in each Adventure Fuel Snacks bar
The stack effect.

Individually these are some of the most-studied performance botanicals on earth. Together, in a whole-food honey-and-date matrix, they cover the full arc of a mission or a match: sustained energy → sharp focus → stress resilience → faster recovery. That combination — in a shelf-stable, single-hand-eat bar — is the AFS edge.

Selected research on the ingredients: Bonilla et al., Ashwagandha & sports performance review (PMC) · Ashwagandha, VO₂max & endurance RCT (PMC) · Ashwagandha, cardiorespiratory endurance & recovery RCT · Lion's Mane, cognition & mood RCT (PMC) · Cocoa flavanols, mood & cognition RCT (PMC). Research describes the ingredients, not the finished AFS bar; formulation-specific dosing and efficacy are the subject of ongoing R&D.
The bar
Real, raw, organic — and in the wild already.
Adventure Fuel Snacks bar in the wild on a mountain peak
  • Two flavors
  • Base: raw organic honey, dates, walnuts, pistachios, almonds
  • Actives: ashwagandha · lion's mane · cacao · red reishi · black maca
  • Per bar: 320 cal · 41g carb · 7g fiber · whole-food fuel
  • Format: shelf-stable · no-cook · single-hand-eat
◆ Tart Cherries & Mango ◆ Blueberries & Apricot
Made in the USA · small batches
Our story
Built from 24 years of what actually works.
Adventure Fuel Snacks at jiu-jitsu training
“For 30 years as a martial artist, and 24 years using these exact superfoods and adaptogens in combat-sport performance, I built this bar from what works in the fight — then engineered it to survive the field.”

Adventure Fuel Snacks was founded by a lifelong athlete who lived the problem before formulating the solution. That hard-won, applied experience is the design logic behind every ingredient — the reason this formulation is credible, not speculative. It is a finished, real-world-proven product today, and the proven basis for the perfect next-generation performance bar we are now developing for the field.

In the field
Real athletes. Real training. Real fuel.
Adventure Fuel Snacks on a mountain summit Adventure Fuel Snacks featured by a PFL athlete
What athletes are saying
Trusted where it's earned — on the mat.
Athlete review of Adventure Fuel Snacks

“Honestly, they're fire af. Best tasting health bar I've ever had. 💯”

— @henrycorralesmma · MMA fighter

“Different adventure this weekend @adventurefuelsnacks”

— featured with @pflmma athletes

Real athletes, real training, real feedback — earned on the mat and the trail.

For partners & grant reviewers
A proven formula, one funded step from the field.

We're candid about where the product stands: it is optimized and proven for real-world athletic performance, and not yet validated to full military specification. That gap is a precisely-scoped R&D effort — exactly what non-dilutive grant funding (e.g., DoD SBIR) exists to close. This bar is the basis; funding builds it into a fieldable, optional-issue soldier ration.

GAP 01

Domestic, Berry-Amendment-compliant sourcing of the botanical actives.

GAP 02

Validated 3-year shelf life with MIL-spec packaging.

GAP 03

Formal safety & dosing validation of the actives (with USARIEM).

Why us: a finished, in-market, differentiated formulation with a cognitive-focus + mood + endurance profile today's field ration lacks — from a U.S. small business, founder-led, with 24 years of applied domain expertise. We bring the proven product and the insight; the grant funds the validation.

Let's build it
Partnering & capability inquiries.

For DoD research and combat-feeding offices, human-performance programs, ration primes, co-manufacturers, and retail partners. Product samples and a capability statement available on request.

Sergio Luis Martinez II · Founder & Owner
contact@adventurefuelsnacks.com
Corona, California, USA

Adventure Fuel Snacks LLC · Small business · U.S.-owned · SAM.gov registration in progress.