Two bonbons carry 256 mg of cacao flavanols, 2,000 mg of Cordyceps militaris, and 3 g of sugar. This page covers what's in them, where it comes from, and what researchers have studied.
Roasting is where most chocolate gets its flavor. It's also where the heat starts breaking cacao flavanols down. We skip the roaster and keep our cacao raw, so more of the bean's naturally occurring flavanols make it into every bonbon.
Roasted Most dark chocolate
Flavanols break down. The heat cracks them apart.
Raw Lore
Flavanols stay intact. Nothing heats them.
Illustration, not to scale. Each dot stands for flavanols in the bean.
Two bonbons are one serving. These are the numbers per serving:
256mg
From our raw, unroasted cacao. Research links cacao flavanols to the body's own nitric oxide production and healthy blood flow.*
400mg
From our Cordyceps militaris extract. Researchers have studied Cordyceps militaris for immune function.*
2,000mg
Our mushroom ingredient, a 100% fruiting-body extract. Research links Cordyceps militaris to energy and exercise performance.*
3g
From coconut palm sugar, our only sweetener. Two bonbons have 63 calories.
What each one is, how your body handles it, and the studies the research comes from. Every study tested the compound or ingredient on its own, not Lore itself.
Flavanols are plant compounds found in cacao. Procyanidins are flavanols linked together in chains, and our lab report counts the two together.
Researchers have studied cacao flavanols for their role in supporting the body's natural nitric oxide production, which is linked to healthy blood flow.*
Monomers 54.5 mg
Single units, like epicatechin. Absorbed more readily in the small intestine.Oligomers 201.9 mg
Short chains of 2 to 10 linked units. Gut bacteria in the colon break them down so they can be absorbed.From Eurofins certificate of analysis #5494359-0, August 21, 2026. The same report measured 13.7 mg of epicatechin.
Beta-glucans are polysaccharides, long chains of sugar molecules that make up the cell walls of mushrooms.
In raw mushroom powder, they stay trapped inside those walls. Our Cordyceps militaris goes through a dual extraction designed to make these compounds more accessible, and the result is an 8:1 concentrate.
The immune study we cite tested Cordyceps militaris as a whole, not its beta-glucans on their own. See the Cordyceps studies
8 lb of mushrooms
1 lb of extract
A mushroom grown for its fruiting body. Ours comes from Nammex as a certified organic, 100% fruiting body, 8:1 dual extract, with no mycelium, grain, or fillers.
Researchers have studied Cordyceps militaris for energy and exercise performance, and for immune function.*
Tap one to see where it comes from, what's in a serving, and what researchers have studied.
72% cacao, never roasted.
2,000 mg of fruiting body extract.
Unrefined, 3 g per serving.
No dairy, no emulsifiers.
Everyone's baseline is different, so there's no single day when you're supposed to feel a change. Use the first 60 days to build the habit and pay attention.
Build the ritual
Before your first two bonbons, jot down how your days feel right now. Then focus less on what you feel and more on making Lore part of your day: morning coffee, a workout, the afternoon slump.
Cacao flavanols
Two bonbons carry 256 mg. Researchers have studied cacao flavanols for their role in the body's own nitric oxide production, which is linked to healthy blood flow.*
Pay attention
Start checking in with yourself. How's your energy? Your stamina? Everyone's baseline is different, so there's no single moment when you're supposed to notice a change.*
Cordyceps militaris
Each serving has 2,000 mg. Researchers have studied Cordyceps militaris for energy and exercise performance.*
Keep it going
By now, two bonbons should feel less like something you have to remember and more like something you look forward to. They don't replace the basics, though: movement, sleep, and good food.
Beta-glucans
The Cordyceps extract carries 400 mg per serving. Researchers have also studied Cordyceps militaris for immune function.*
Take stock
Look back at your notes from day one. What's become part of your routine? Your next pouch ships around now, and our 60-Day Cacao Challenge has its midpoint check-in here.
Your own notes
The research tested each ingredient on its own, not Lore itself. How it fits your day is something only you can track.
Look back
Compare where you started with where you are now. Challenge participants close with a short reflection in their own words.
Real feedback
Our 60-Day Cacao Challenge gathers feedback from people who eat Lore every day. It isn't a clinical trial, and everyone's experience is different.
Three things we check before anything goes in a pouch.
Co-op farmers in Peru grow our cacao organically on regenerative farms.
Certified organic Cordyceps militaris, made from 100% fruiting body as an 8:1 dual extract.
Eurofins measured 256 mg of flavanols and procyanidins per serving in August 2026.
