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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 September 21, 2026.

Verified September 21, 2026
The common claim vs. the evidence

The common claim

What’s commonly claimed, 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.

What we searched

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.

What we checked: 7 databases & records, as of September 21, 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 (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. 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 manufacturer field appears only on the new-format (/p/-/) product pages, which are not captured in the Wayback Machine for this item; the archived legacy product pages (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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