Pura Vida
Chocolate
Real Food · Real Farm · Real Proof
Heirloom cacao grown with integrity, crafted into fuel and chocolate for those who demand the best from their bodies and from the land that sustains them.
3 Ways Performance
Snacks Let You Down.
Most bars, gels, and powders are built in labs from isolated proteins, synthetic vitamins, and industrial seed oils. They perform on paper. They fail in the field.
Where did the ingredients actually come from? Most brands can't tell you. The supply chain is opaque by design - and that opacity has real consequences for your health and the land.
Performance claims are everywhere. Field-tested proof is rare. Most products are designed by marketers, not by people who live and train in the conditions they're selling for.
What Is
Pemmican?
"Once upon a time, long before it was ever a child's confection, or a Valentine's treat, cacao was a traditional warrior food!"
Pemmican is one of the most calorie-dense, nutrient-complete foods ever devised. Developed by Indigenous peoples of North America, it was the original performance food - carried on long hunts, war parties, and cross-continent journeys.
Rendered fat, dried meat, and nutrient-dense additions - shelf-stable for months or years. Arctic explorers relied on it. Elite military units carried it. And now, for the first time, it is made with regenerative cacao at its core.
The World's First
Regenerative
Cacao Pemmican.
Heirloom cacao, grass-finished beef, cacao butter, and targeted adaptogens. Shelf-stable 12+ months. Three variants, each formulated for a specific need.
What are you looking for
in your chocolate?
We Don't Sell
Retail. Here's Why.
Cacaonivore pemmican contains grass-finished beef and other meat-based ingredients. Regulatory requirements for meat-containing products in public retail channels are cost-prohibitive for a small-batch, regenerative producer like us.
Private membership allows us to offer meat-containing formulations directly to you - without the overhead of industrial compliance that would force us to cut corners on ingredients.
Direct membership means every dollar flows back to the regenerative farm, the small-scale producers, and the living soil - not to middlemen or retail markup.
Former World Cup athlete. Nordic coach. Regenerative cacao farmer. La Tigra, Costa Rica.
La Tigra,
Costa Rica.
12.5 Acres.
Our regenerative cacao agroforestry farm is not a supplier - it is the foundation. Zero synthetic inputs. 1.4 metric tons of CO2 drawn down in year one alone.
Ready to Fuel
for Real?
Join our private membership community. Access the pemmican. Connect with a community that shares your standards.