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Who makes Kirkland Signature Energy Shot, 2 fl oz, 48-count?

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Citable fact

No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Energy Shot, 2 fl oz, 48-count as of July 5, 2026.

Verified July 5, 2026
The common claim vs. the evidence

The common claim

What most answers say — and what the evidence supports

Because the Kirkland Signature Energy Shot copies the 2 oz 5-Hour Energy format and blend of caffeine, B vitamins, and amino acids, shoppers widely assume it is 5-Hour Energy (Living Essentials) rebottled, or a generic copy from an unnamed contract packer. No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer: recall databases, the NDC/Drugs@FDA route (which dead-ends for supplements), federal court records, Costco's own pages, and retail listings all fail to name a maker, and food-media coverage only compares the price to 5-Hour Energy without claiming a shared producer.

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 5, 2026
FDA food recall database (openFDA food/enforcement API) July 5, 2026

Searches of product_description for 'energy shot' + 'kirkland' returned no Kirkland energy-shot recall; the matches were unrelated products (a '4HB Stack' bedtime supplement, an Amrita energy bar, an Inked Mango energy drink). No co-packer surfaced via the recall route.

CPSC recall database (SaferProducts.gov) July 5, 2026

Energy shots are FDA-regulated dietary supplements, outside CPSC jurisdiction; the handful of 'Kirkland' CPSC recalls on file are unrelated non-beverage items. No maker identified.

FDA NDC directory / Drugs@FDA (deterministic drug-code route) July 5, 2026

The Kirkland energy shot is marketed as a dietary supplement, which carries no NDC labeler code and no ANDA sponsor, so the NDC-to-ANDA join that resolves Kirkland OTC drugs dead-ends here (per the research recipe). No maker identified.

CourtListener / RECAP federal court records July 5, 2026

The only opinion surfaced by 'kirkland' + 'energy shot' is Innovation Ventures, LLC v. Custom Nutrition Laboratories, LLC (E.D. Mich. 2017, 256 F. Supp. 3d 696). The 'Kirkland' token is the law firm Kirkland & Ellis (counsel), not the product; the case concerns a non-compete covenant over 5-Hour Energy's formula and never names Costco/Kirkland or identifies who makes the Kirkland energy shot. No litigation names a co-packer.

Costco.com product-detail page manufacturer field (via Wayback Machine; costco.com blocks automated fetch) July 5, 2026

Costco's 'mfName' catalog field appears only on the new-format (/p/-/) product pages, which are not captured in the Wayback Machine for this item; the archived legacy PDPs (2017-2024) carry no manufacturer field. Costco discloses no maker.

Retail listings and supplement databases (Amazon, Open Food Facts, quality-supplements.org, Fooducate) July 5, 2026

Every accessible listing shows 'Distributed by Costco Wholesale' only; none names a manufacturer or co-packer. Open Food Facts lists Kirkland/Costco with no producer field.

News and food-media sweep; ImportYeti (US customs) July 5, 2026

Coverage (e.g. Daily Meal) frames the Kirkland shot as a cheaper alternative to 5-Hour Energy but names no maker. ImportYeti is bot-blocked and structurally weak for a domestically produced supplement. No maker identified.

People also ask

Frequently asked

Who makes Kirkland Signature energy shots for Costco?
No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer. A documented sweep of FDA and CPSC recall databases, the NDC/Drugs@FDA route (which does not apply to dietary supplements), federal court records, Costco's own product pages, and retail listings turned up no tier 1-5 source naming the maker. Costco lists only 'Distributed by Costco Wholesale.'
Is the Kirkland energy shot just 5-Hour Energy?
That is not publicly documented. 5-Hour Energy is a Living Essentials product, and the Kirkland shot copies its 2 oz format and caffeine-plus-B-vitamin blend, which is why shoppers assume they share a maker - but no evidence shows that Living Essentials has any role in the Kirkland product, and food-media coverage treats it as a cheaper competitor rather than the same shot.
Did a lawsuit reveal who makes Kirkland energy shots?
No. A federal case, Innovation Ventures v. Custom Nutrition Laboratories, turns up in searches, but the 'Kirkland' match there is the law firm Kirkland & Ellis, not the product; the case was about a non-compete covenant over 5-Hour Energy's formula and does not identify the maker of the Kirkland energy shot.
Prefer the name brand? 5-hour Energy The closest name-brand equivalent to this Kirkland Signature product.

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