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Who makes Kirkland Signature Apple Juice, Fresh Pressed, 128 fl oz, 2-count?

Manufacturer
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Citable fact

No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Apple Juice, Fresh Pressed, 128 fl oz, 2-count as of July 6, 2026.

Verified July 6, 2026
The common claim vs. the evidence

The common claim

What most answers say — and what the evidence supports

There is no strong prevailing answer for who makes Kirkland Signature apple juice - unlike the Ocean Spray cranberry or Ito En green-tea co-brands, the apple-juice label carries no co-brand, and coverage repeats only Costco's own marketing (fresh pressed, 100% U.S.-grown apples, not from concentrate). Shoppers sometimes guess Tree Top, the Washington grower cooperative behind a near-identical pressed apple juice, but no reliable public evidence supports that or any other maker.

The honest part

Evidence & sources

Costco does not disclose its suppliers, and no tier 1–5 source names the maker of this product. Below is the documented search — every database and record we checked, and what each one returned.

What we checked — 7 databases & records on July 6, 2026
openFDA food enforcement (recall) API July 6, 2026

No recall records matching 'apple juice' + Kirkland. No co-packer surfaced via the recall route (FDA governs shelf-stable juice; FSIS and CPSC are out of category).

CourtListener / RECAP federal court records (v4 search API) July 6, 2026

Search for "Kirkland Signature apple juice" returned 0 opinions. No litigation naming a Kirkland apple-juice supplier found.

SEC EDGAR full-text search (2001-present) July 6, 2026

"Kirkland Signature apple juice" returned 0 hits. No public filing ties a Kirkland apple-juice relationship to Costco.

Costco.com product-detail mfName field (via Wayback; costco.com blocks live fetch) July 6, 2026

No Wayback snapshot of the current /p/-/ apple-juice product page exists to read the embedded catalog 'mfName' field, and the only archived legacy page (2021, .product.100334901.html) predates the mfName catalog JSON, so the field-lookup route that resolves Kirkland energy drinks is unavailable here. Costco does not otherwise disclose the maker.

ImportYeti (US customs bills of lading) July 6, 2026

No Costco apple-juice supplier signal retrievable; route is structurally weak regardless - US-sold apple juice is overwhelmingly domestically produced and this SKU is 'fresh pressed, not from concentrate' (not import-shipped), and Costco masks shipments via freight forwarders (tier 5 caveat).

News / rumor sweep (Google/Bing news, food-media listicles, Tasting Table juice ranking, Homebrew Talk forum) July 6, 2026

No news article or executive statement names the maker of Kirkland Signature apple juice. Tree Top - a Washington grower cooperative that sells a near-identical 100% pressed apple juice - is occasionally guessed by shoppers, but no source documents a Tree Top / Kirkland contract.

Deterministic registry route (CA CDPH bottled-water list, FDA IMS, USDA EST/P-, TTB) July 6, 2026

No deterministic code registry covers shelf-stable apple juice: the CA CDPH bottled-water bottler list excludes juice, and FDA IMS (dairy), USDA EST/P- (meat), and TTB (alcohol) are out of category. Route unavailable.

People also ask

Frequently asked

Who makes Kirkland Signature apple juice for Costco?
No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer. Costco does not disclose Kirkland Signature suppliers, and a documented sweep of recall databases, federal court records, SEC filings, Costco's own product pages, customs data, and food-media coverage turned up no tier 1-5 source naming the maker. Tree Top, a Washington grower cooperative, is sometimes guessed because it sells a similar 100% pressed apple juice, but that is rumored (unverified) and unsupported.
Is Kirkland apple juice from concentrate?
No - Costco labels it 'fresh pressed,' 100% juice from U.S.-grown apples and not from concentrate. That style is comparable to Martinelli's and Tree Top's pressed apple juices, but a shared maker with either is not publicly documented.
Did the maker of Kirkland apple juice change recently?
No manufacturer change is publicly documented, because no manufacturer was ever reliably documented in the first place. No recall, court record, or trade report identifies a current or former Kirkland apple-juice producer.
Prefer the name brand? Martinelli's Gold Medal 100% Apple Juice The closest name-brand equivalent to this Kirkland Signature product.

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