Who makes Kirkland Signature Sweet Cream Butter (Salted and Unsalted), 16 oz, 4-count?
As of July 5, 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.
The common claim
What most answers say — 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.
Evidence & sources
Every source is graded on the six-tier rubric and archived, so the citation holds even if the original moves or paywalls. The tier badge grades the source; the status grades our confidence in the maker.
Tier 2
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.
Tier 2
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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