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About Us

With a mission of creating the best ice cream for everyone, Coconut Bliss makes 100% plant-based desserts that are USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO Project verified and certified gluten-free. All of Coconut Bliss’ pints, bars and sandwiches, as well as its Everyday Bliss line of ice creams, are made with ethically produced ingredients of the highest quality. Family-owned and based in Eugene, Oregon, Coconut Bliss has been operating since February 2005.

Mission Statement

Coconut Bliss embodies integrity through inspirational business practices and exceptional plant-based creations.

Coconut Bliss Launches Its New Brand, Everyday Bliss!

Everyday Bliss is a new line of organic, plant-based ice creams created by Coconut Bliss. The Everyday Bliss line includes four completely new flavors, which have been made with the intention of being both indulgent and familiar:

Caramel Macchiato
Salty Peanut Butter Chip
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip
Vanilla Brownie Swirl

When compared to Coconut Bliss’ classic plant-based ice cream offerings, Everyday Bliss’ texture is less dense and more decadent. The Everyday Bliss line is also available at an “everyday” price point for an affordable indulgence.

Unlike other plant-based ice creams in the market, and in line with all Coconut Bliss products, Everyday Bliss is USDA Certified Organic and made from completely organic and fair trade ingredients. Each Everyday Bliss flavor is also gluten-free. This dedication to sourcing quality ingredients and producing the best product possible means each Everyday Bliss pint purchase directly supports independent and locally-owned farms. The care taken to source high-quality ingredients and perfect the Everyday Bliss recipe is also evident in the taste itself.

Giving Back

As a woman-led, family-owned company with a focus on social justice and sustainability, Coconut Bliss drew inspiration from Project Drawdown to find a way to support and enhance the rights and well-being of women and girls. Project Drawdown’s research points to the fact that women are pivotal to addressing and reversing the effects of climate change.

Because of this call to empower women and girls, and to make a positive environmental impact, Coconut Bliss has partnered with the Water, Agroforestry, Nutrition and Development Foundation (WAND) to provide business opportunities for women in the Philippines. These opportunities are especially oriented around the coconut crop. Donated funds help these women entrepreneurs make and sell products such as charcoal from coconut shell, vinegar from coconut water, coco peat and organic fertilizer. With a financial goal of $40,000 for the project, Coconut Bliss is excited to contribute the first $20,000.

Sustainability

Sustainability Is Part of Coconut Bliss’ DNA

The Coconut Bliss team views sustainability as more than an ideal, it’s a global imperative. In response, sustainability is woven into the fabric of every aspect of the Coconut Bliss business.

We Work with Sustainably-Focused, Certified Organic Partners

Coconut Bliss partners with companies that are environmentally conscious to source certified-organic, ethically produced ingredients. Coconut Bliss’ dedication to sourcing sustainable, high quality ingredients from small business and farm operations helps to actively reduce the company’s overall environmental footprint on an ongoing basis. Coconut Bliss uses over 4 million pounds of organic ingredients to create its plant-based desserts annually.

We Use First-of-its-Kind, Eco-Friendly Pint Packaging

In 2019, Coconut Bliss switched to a first-of-its-kind, eco-friendly pint packaging. As a dairy-free ice cream producer creating 100% plant-based ice cream, Coconut Bliss was the first company to use this particular plant-based bio resin polyethylene pint cup packaging as a more environmentally-friendly alternative to traditional materials found in ice cream pint packaging. It’s the hope of the Coconut Bliss team that more sustainable packaging solutions become an important focus of the overall food industry.

Our Employees Care About the Environment

From day one, Coconut Bliss employees are on-boarded to a culture of sustainability. Coconut Bliss’ headquarters is LEED Gold-certified, and was built with sustainability in-mind. Coconut Bliss provides an Alternative Transportation Program, offering a monthly incentive to Coconut Bliss employees choosing to bike, walk, carpool or take the bus instead of driving to work alone. There is also a comprehensive recycling and composting program in place at Coconut Bliss’ headquarters, diverting around 3,000 pounds of materials from landfills annually.

Sustainability is Woven Into All of Our Operations

Significant steps have also been taken to capture solar energy and reduce energy usage at Coconut Bliss’ production facility. Solar panels span the entire roof of the Coconut Bliss facility, and a Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) unit removes dissolved solids from its effluent stream — making waste water cleaner. Energy efficient LED lighting fixtures equipped with motion sensors have also been installed to eliminate unnecessary energy expenditure.

Who We Are

About Kim Gibson Clark, President and CEO of Coconut Bliss

As a leader in local, national and global communities, Kim Gibson Clark has led Coconut Bliss as President and CEO since 2010. Throughout her time at Coconut Bliss, Kim has influenced real and impactful action in key areas, such as Coconut Bliss’ operations as an environmentally-conscious company, creating transparency and insight into food production, and spotlighting the importance of supporting local and family-run businesses. As President and CEO, Kim is proud to have led Coconut Bliss’ transformation from a locally beloved ice cream company to one of the most acclaimed sustainable plant-based companies in the United States.

Kim is a board member of Oregon Tilth and Lane Food and Beverage Sector Strategies, working to make the state’s food and agriculture biologically sound and socially equitable through the initiatives of certification, education and advocacy. She is also a board member of Oregon Support Living Program (OSLP), which works to empower adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, bringing them into the fold of their communities. Prior to working with Coconut Bliss, Kim spent eight years as General Manager of Lochmead Dairy, where Coconut Bliss Pints and Cookie Sandwiches are manufactured. Throughout her career in the frozen dessert industry she has developed an unwavering standard for quality, and a commitment to organic and sustainable business and ingredient sourcing practices.

About The Gibson Family, Owners of Coconut Bliss

As a family-owned business, it’s important to look at the family behind Coconut Bliss. The Gibson family has been in the plant-based dessert industry for over 30 years. The Gibson family founded the nation’s first-ever plant-based ice cream manufacturing facility at a large scale. The Gibson family operation made plant-based ice cream alternatives available on shelves for the first time, setting the Gibson family apart in a distinction all their own as the nation’s first plant-based dessert experts.

Unlike other plant-based ice creams where various production and operations takes place separately, The Gibson family is proud to facilitate the design, craft and manufacturing of Coconut Bliss’ products entirely in Eugene, Oregon.

Industry Awards and Accolades

Coconut Bliss is proud to have received the following awards, honoring Coconut Bliss’ dedication to excellence:

The Women’s Choice Award for America’s Most Recommended Frozen Dairy-Free Dessert
Delicious Living magazine’s coveted Best Bite Award
VegNews’ Veggie Award for Favorite Ice Cream
Number 2 on Oregon Business Magazine’s list of 100 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon

FAQ

Are your products 100% vegan?

Yes, all of Coconut Bliss’ plant-based ice cream products and flavors are 100% vegan. To encourage its employees to consider eating at least some fully plant-based meals throughout the week, Coconut Bliss even provides a vegan chef at our Eugene, Oregon campus.

How do we know the ingredients in Coconut Bliss’ products are ethically-sourced?

Coconut Bliss is the only USDA Certified Organic and Non-GMO Project verified plant-based ice cream, and our ice cream, ice cream bars and ice cream sandwiches are all made with 100% plant-based ingredients. Every Coconut Bliss product is certified vegan and gluten free, and uses ethically produced ingredients of the highest quality.

Coconut Bliss also sources our ingredients from small family farms such as Lockhead vanilla, Masie Jane's bee-friendly almonds and Fair Trade cocoa and coffee.

What’s the difference between Coconut Bliss and Everyday Bliss?

Coconut Bliss boasts a core line of super premium plant-based ice cream pints, bars and sandwiches that are dense and rich. Coconut Bliss’ core products contain a high weight per volume due to very low air overrun, giving the ice cream a similar texture to homemade ice cream. Those products are also sweetened with organic agave.

Everyday Bliss ice cream flavors have a more conventional and familiar texture that is lighter, making it easier to scoop. The flavors are very indulgent with lots of flavorful ingredients. Everyday Bliss has a slightly sweeter flavor profile because it's sweetened with organic cane sugar, rather than agave.

How does Coconut Bliss get that divinely creamy texture that looks, tastes and scoops like dairy ice cream?

Both Coconut Bliss and Everyday Bliss are made from the finest organic coconut milk and coconut cream. These coconut bases not only provide "good” medium-chain triglyceride fats, but they give our ice creams the same kind of texture that dairy fat does, resulting in Coconut Bliss’ creamy, decident and satisfying desserts.

Where can I find Coconut Bliss?

Coconut Bliss products can be found internationally and across the U.S. and Canada. Customers can reference our online Store Locator to find their closest retailer carrying Coconut Bliss, or order Coconut Bliss and Everyday Bliss products directly from our online store.

In the News

In the Media

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