Kirkland Signature · Dairy

Who makes Kirkland Signature Sweet Cream Butter (Salted and Unsalted), 16 oz, 4-count?

Confirmed Directly named for this product

Manufactured by

Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, LLC (Select Milk Producers)

Citable fact

As of September 14, 2026, the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Sweet Cream Butter (Salted and Unsalted), 16 oz, 4-count is Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, LLC (Select Milk Producers), per recall notice evidence.

Verified September 14, 2026

The common claim vs. the evidence

What’s commonly claimed, and what the evidence supports

Top-ranking answers contradict each other — Tillamook, Land O'Lakes, Darigold, and Challenge are each guessed with no tier 1–5 evidence, and several 'who really makes Kirkland butter' articles answer only for the separate New Zealand grass-fed variant (attributed by food press to Westland Milk Products). None of them cite the one public document that names a maker of the core sticks: the October 2024 FDA recall, in which Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, LLC of Littlefield, Texas recalled nearly 80,000 pounds of Kirkland salted and unsalted sweet cream butter distributed in Texas.

The sources

Evidence & sources

Each source is graded on the six-tier evidence rubric, where tier 1 is strongest. Sources are archived, so a citation still works if the original page moves or goes behind a paywall.

Tier 2 FDA (openFDA food enforcement database) FDA Enforcement Report F-0121-2025 — Kirkland Signature Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter (Class II recall) Published October 11, 2024 · accessed July 5, 2026

Recall record naming the manufacturer for the exact core product: recalling firm 'CONTINENTAL DAIRY FACILITIES SOUTHWEST LLC' for 'Kirkland Signature Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter, Net Wt 16 oz (1 lb) 453g, Four 4 oz (113g) sticks UPC 96619-38496' — reason 'Butter lists cream, but may be missing the Contains Milk statement'; 1,300 cases / 46,800 lbs; distribution: Texas. Companion report F-0122-2025 covers the Salted sticks (UPC 96619-38488, 900 cases / 32,400 lbs). Scope caveat: the recall documents Texas-distributed production only.

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Tier 2 CBS News Here is why Costco recalled almost 80,000 pounds of butter Published November 12, 2024 · accessed July 5, 2026

National coverage relaying the same FDA enforcement data: 'The products were made by Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest,' with the six recalled lot numbers and Best By dates (Feb 22 – Mar 29, 2025). Graded tier 2 because the evidence it carries is the recall record itself.

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Frequently asked

Who makes Kirkland Signature butter?

Kirkland Signature salted and unsalted sweet cream butter sold in Texas is manufactured by Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, per the October 2024 FDA recall (enforcement reports F-0121-2025 and F-0122-2025). CDF Southwest runs a butter and milk-powder plant in Littlefield, Texas and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Select Milk Producers, one of the largest US dairy cooperatives. Whether the same plant supplies Costco regions outside Texas is not publicly documented — retail dairy private labels are commonly sourced from different plants by region.

Is Kirkland butter really Tillamook, Land O'Lakes, Darigold, or Challenge?

No evidence supports any of those names: each is often claimed online, but no tier 1–5 source connects any of them to Kirkland butter, and the guesses contradict one another. The only company a public document has ever named as making Kirkland sweet cream butter is Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest, in the October 2024 FDA recall covering Texas-distributed sticks.

How can I tell which plant my Kirkland butter came from?

Check the carton for a two-part dairy plant code (a state prefix followed by a plant number, e.g. 48-xxx for Texas or 06-xxx for California) and resolve it through FDA's Interstate Milk Shippers list or your state's dairy-plant license list. A documented code observation from a carton is tier-3 registry evidence and would extend this record beyond the Texas region the recall covers — forum posts that name a company without showing the code are not.

Who makes Kirkland grass-fed butter?

The grass-fed butter is a separate product from the US sweet cream sticks: food-press reporting attributes it to Westland Milk Products of New Zealand (owned by Yili Group), which announced a Costco supply partnership when the product launched in 2021. That attribution covers only the grass-fed variant, not the core salted and unsalted sticks.

Prefer the name brand? Land O Lakes Butter, Salted, 4 Sticks The closest name-brand equivalent to this Kirkland Signature product.

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