Who makes Kirkland Signature Apple Juice, Fresh Pressed, 128 fl oz, 2-count?
No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Apple Juice, Fresh Pressed, 128 fl oz, 2-count as of September 7, 2026.
The common claim
What’s commonly claimed, 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.
Evidence & sources
Costco does not disclose its suppliers, and no tier 1–5 source names the maker of this product. Below are the databases and records we checked, and what each one returned.
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's manufacturer field on Costco.com product pages (via Wayback; costco.com blocks live fetch) July 6, 2026
No Wayback snapshot of the current /p/-/ apple-juice product page exists to read Costco's manufacturer field, and the only archived legacy page (2021, .product.100334901.html) predates that field, 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 roundup articles, 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.
Registry route (CA CDPH bottled-water list, FDA IMS, USDA EST/P-, TTB) July 6, 2026
No plant-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.
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