...That was in 2002. We got back to the sunny Wiltshire-Hampshire border in the New Forest, back to our makeshift office, the "Loveshack" and QMFC kitchen, and we got started on cooking up some ideas we'd had on the Andes expedition. The first bars were all over the place and wouldn't fuel much, let alone an adventure, but they did spur us on. We kept at it most Friday afternoons, skiving off the dayjob mostly and finally started getting somewhere in about late 2004. Guinea pigs are easy to find when food's involved with bikers and climbers and so we kept trying out the bars on mates who we were out riding with and after about ten times of turning up to races and being told our bars were better than the ones on sale we thought we'd better do something about it. We formed Fuel for Adventure, because that's exactly what it is, and started designing wrappers, getting key nutritional help from our now partner Matt Lovell who just happens to be the England RFU nutritional advisor and took the bars off to a great mountain bike race all round Scotland. The bars went down a storm. Since then we've been out there spending long hours cooking up prototype after prototype and getting the bars better and better and tastier and tastier and delivering more and more energy. MuleBar has summited Everest, has ridden and now sponsors the incredible Absa Cape Epic mountain bike stage race across South Africa, is the Official Energy Bar of The 2009 Tour of Britain and the list goes on and on. The key thing is it's Fuel for Adventure, for everybody's personal adventure.

Adventure

This is what we are all about. We are trying to help everybody get out on an adventure. We strongly believe that everybody's definition of adventure is different and that while some need to try and climb K2 or Everest or win the Tour de France, many just want to go for a ride or a walk at the weekend, go fishing or kick about on the local field. While we love rubbing shoulders with elite athletes, we actively and constantly work at grassroots levels to support all types of organisations, individuals, clubs and events. We actively believe that if you support the sport, the sport will support you. We welcome applications across many different activities, sports, causes and events and will give each one the same consideration. We can't do everything but we will always try to help in some way.

The Nutrition

What's in it? Does it do the business? How can it satisfy both ends of the active spectrum? – Good question. MuleBar is used by the likes of Javi Gomez Noya, 2008 World ITU Triathlete Champion. The England Rugby team eat MuleBar and so do 17 of the best riders in The Tour de France. See information on our Mules for more. MuleBars work on a very simple premise: that what is natural is good. What is carefully selected for the unique energy giving potential is good. A natural mixture of ingredients made the way nature intended and picked for their broad spectrum of energy providing sugars and fats makes for the perfect bar, fuel with flavour, is good. The more processing, the more additives, the more artificial ingredients a bar has the more likely it will not make for a better energy bar, especially if talking about improving your performance and health. The same applies for any other activity too. The more additives put into a human body, the more the body has to work to process them and the more time the body is working in that way, the lower the performance level. When you're out on the trail, when you're competing, racing or working through a tough day, the body responds much better to foods it knows already, foods it has no problem digesting. For more detailed information on why MuleBars work for even the highest levels of sport, and how to live and eat clean - see fuel.

Mules

We call our ambassadors "Mules" – no surprise there - they are duty bound to carry and use MuleBars wherever they go. No Mule is just an athlete, they are real characters who are passionate about what they do. Often they are winners in their field and are pushing the limits of their field. We have an old saying at The Stable – performance is a given – and Mules are about loving what they do. The list is growing across many walks of life so check out the full Stable.

Big thanks

Everyday in this whole adventure we come across individuals and companies who have helped us, supplied us, given us advice or just made us laugh. We have a page on our website called Boom!, as homage to these people and their companies.

Reasons

Reasons Why MuleBar

• MuleBars give you energy. We can't say it clearer than that.

• They're tasty, try one. We know that sounds silly but a lot of energy bars taste and feel like cardboard

• We use organic and Fairtrade ingredients wherever possible and are committed to having all our products totally organic and Fairtrade as soon as the ingredients are available.

• You know what you're eating

• You can recognise the ingredients

• They are "real food"

• More and more of the world's top athletes are fuelling up with MuleBar; and we mean Tour de France winners, World champion Ultraman racers, Ironman competitors and triathletes, footballers, World Cup winning rugby players, surfers, sailors, kite surfers, kayakers, downhill (and uphill) Mountainbikers, High altitude mountaineers, free climbers, slackliners, rollers skaters, bladers, boarders and skiers, frisbee players, sculptors, winemakers and dairy farmers (yes really), golfers, gymnasts and yes, last but not least, even crossword setters. (Please write to us if you are not included here.)

• We actively aim to compensate for our business and personal footprint on the planet as a 1% For the Planet member

• MuleBars are a great everyday snack no matter what you're doing – so many press reviews end with wording like "this is good enough to eat when you're NOT on your bike."

The Fuel for Adventure Guarantee

We guarantee this will fuel your adventure. Everything we make is 100% natural with no nasty stuff in. We make every effort to use organic or Fairtrade ingredients. We pledge a minimum of 1% of the value of sales to organisations committed to preserving the environment. If you don't like the bar, or it hasn't arrived with you in the perfect condition we'll give you your money back or replace it. We are having an amazing time at Fuel for Adventure and are actively looking for people who want to join our adventure in anyway. So if you think you would fit in, want to make a difference to a young, growing company and love active living, contact us and tell us how and why. Cheers.

Alex and Jimmy