A pure, nutrient-dense trail fuel that supports long, fasted hikes by delivering healthy fats and sustained energy — no additives, just organic coconut perfection.
Artisana Organics Raw Coconut Butter is one of the cleanest high-fat trail fuels available — a single-ingredient source of medium-chain fats that deliver stable, slow-release energy without interfering with autophagy or fasted metabolism. Unlike traditional carbohydrate snacks, coconut butter maintains metabolic integrity during long climbs, allowing the body to stay in fat-oxidation mode even when effort increases sharply at elevation.
Medium-chain fats (MCTs) are preferentially used for energy because they bypass several digestive steps required by long-chain fats. This means coconut butter can deliver usable calories rapidly without spiking glucose, stimulating insulin, or disrupting metabolic flow. During steep elevation gain, this prevents the crash-and-rebound cycle that carbohydrate fuels often cause.
Most commercial trail fuels contain sugar, glucose, or additives that interrupt fasting and induce metabolic switching. Coconut butter contains only raw coconut, making it one of the few safe fat sources that can be consumed during long fasted efforts without breaking autophagy according to current research consensus on zero-carb, pure-fat intake.
At high elevation, the body burns through electrolytes and fat at a rapid pace. Coconut butter supports the TrailGenic Method by:
This creates a safer, calmer metabolic profile during long ascents in thin air.
While LMNT is the primary on-trail electrolyte, coconut butter plays a very different emergency role. If dehydration, altitude fatigue, or sudden weakness occurs, one tablespoon can stabilize perceived exertion enough to safely continue. It acts like a slow-burn reserve tank — exactly what you want when conditions turn unexpectedly demanding.
Artisana Organics is free from palm oil, fillers, and added sugar. It’s simply raw coconut — nothing more. For TrailGenic purposes, that purity reinforces metabolic confidence during the most demanding fasted efforts.
Mount Whitney Summit where we used Artisana.