Who makes Kirkland Signature Organic Pure Maple Syrup, Canada Grade A (33.8 oz / 1 L)?

No Kirkland Signature maple syrup recall on record. openFDA food-enforcement returned no Kirkland maple matches; the Canadian recall database surfaced only unrelated generic-brand maple recalls (e.g., a 9227-8712 Quebec Inc. / L'Erabeille pure maple syrup recall for container-integrity spoilage) that name no Kirkland link and no Kirkland co-packer. The recall route surfaced no bottler for this product.

Every outlet converges on the same two Canadian bottlers as co-suppliers but cites no evidence. Food Republic (2026-03-26): names "Citadelle Maple Syrup and Lantic Maple. Citadelle Maple Syrup's headquarters is in Plessisville, Quebec ... Lantic operates The Maple Treat Corporation." Chowhound (2025-03-26): "Two Canadian companies supply maple syrup to Costco: The Maple Treat and Citadelle," adding The Maple Treat is "a subsidiary of Lantic, Canada's largest sugar company." Tasting Table (2025-03-13) repeats the same pair. None cites a label, lot code, importer record, or company/Costco statement — the naming is unsourced (tier 6) across all outlets, so it does not establish the current bottler. Reader discussion also floats other large packers (B&G Foods' Maple Grove Farms, Decacer). Food Republic archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20260414054052/https://www.foodrepublic.com/2129926/costco-kirkland-signature-maple-syrup/ (snapshot contains Citadelle, Maple Treat, Lantic, Plessisville — verified).

The bottle is labeled "100% Pure Organic Maple Syrup, Canada Grade A," imported from Canada, and discloses only Costco Wholesale as distributor — no bottler, sugarworks, or packing plant is named on the front label surfaced in listings. The Canada Organic operator name and the lot/production code printed on an actual bottle are the direct way to confirm who packed a given batch; those are legible only on a physical unit (browser follow-up for Ian).

Neither the US PDP (item 100333884, 33.8 oz) nor the Canadian PDP (item 100417609, 1 L) has any Wayback snapshot (CDX checked, exact URL and prefix), and costco.com blocks automated fetching, so the mfName manufacturer field that resolved diapers and batteries is unavailable for this item. Capturing the live PDP's mfName is a browser follow-up for Ian.

One hit, unrelated: a 2017 TTAB trademark proceeding (Destileria Serralles, Inc. v. Kabushiki Kaisha Donq) that merely lists maple syrup in a goods description. No litigation names a supplier of Kirkland maple syrup.

Structurally weak here and not resolved to a bottler: Costco masks many shipments via freight forwarders and imports Canadian maple in bulk, so import records neither surfaced nor could disprove a specific packer (tier 5 caveat).