Who makes Kirkland Signature Quit Nicotine Gum (Quit 2, 2 mg / Quit 4, 4 mg)?
Confirmed Directly named for this product
Manufactured by
Perrigo
Citable fact
As of August 30, 2026, the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Quit Nicotine Gum (Quit 2, 2 mg / Quit 4, 4 mg) is Perrigo, per plant / registration code evidence.
Verified August 30, 2026
The common claim vs. the evidence
The common claim
What most answers say — and what the evidence supports
Store-brand roundups and AI answer boxes generally credit Perrigo - the largest US private-label OTC drugmaker - as the maker of Kirkland's Quit nicotine gum, and FDA records and Costco's own listings line up with that. Costco sells the gum under four abbreviated new drug applications, two per strength (Quit 2 at 2 mg, Quit 4 at 4 mg), and Drugs@FDA resolves every one to a Perrigo entity: the older 2012 applications (ANDA 076775 and 076789) to L. Perrigo Company and the newer 2017 applications (ANDA 206393 and 206394) to Perrigo R&D Company. So what looks like a multi-supplier line is really four Perrigo applications, not several different makers. Costco's own product listings for both strengths independently carry "L Perrigo Company" in their manufacturer field, and the carton names Perrigo as distributor ("Distributed By Perrigo, Allegan, MI"). The routes agree: Kirkland Signature Quit gum is manufactured by Perrigo, per Costco's product-catalog manufacturer field (L. Perrigo Company) corroborated by the four Perrigo-held FDA applications - Perrigo being the maker of record. The honest caveat sits on the carton itself: it states the gum is "Made in Denmark," so the physical plant is a Danish contract manufacturer the label does not name. Fertin Pharma - which describes itself as the world's largest contract manufacturer of nicotine chewing gum, sits in Vejle, Denmark, and has been owned by Philip Morris International since 2021 - is the most likely candidate, but no public source ties it to the Kirkland product.
The receipts
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 3
FDA-sourced label titled "KIRKLAND SIGNATURE QUIT 2 (NICOTINE POLACRILEX) GUM, CHEWING [COSTCO WHOLESALE COMPANY]", NDC 63981-012, Marketing Category "Abbreviated New Drug Application" with Application Number ANDA206394. Costco Wholesale Company is the only labeler on the SPL, so the maker is identified through the ANDA number, not an on-label "manufactured by" line. The label's own closing block reads "Made in Denmark Distributed By Perrigo(R) Allegan, MI 49010" and directs questions to "Perrigo at 1-866-677-7858" - naming Perrigo as the distributor of record while placing the physical manufacture in Denmark. The older Quit 2 carton (NDC 63981-029, marketed since 2012) runs under a second application, ANDA076775, which the sibling Drugs@FDA source also resolves to Perrigo. Its own SPL (setid ccee1b99-e58b-4377-9ae8-9f215e2c975d, label updated July 2026) carries the identical 'Made in Denmark Distributed By Perrigo ® Allegan, MI 49010' block.
Tier 3
The 4 mg counterpart label "KIRKLAND SIGNATURE QUIT 4 (NICOTINE POLACRILEX) GUM, CHEWING [COSTCO WHOLESALE COMPANY]", NDC 63981-309, Marketing Category "Abbreviated New Drug Application" with Application Number ANDA206393. It carries the identical closing statement "Made in Denmark Distributed By Perrigo(R) Allegan, MI 49010" and the same Perrigo phone line. The older Quit 4 carton (NDC 63981-170, marketed since 2012) runs under a second application, ANDA076789; its own SPL (setid b9dd4e89-0023-4552-bdd6-1c046ce3bd87, label updated July 2026) carries the same 'Made in Denmark Distributed By Perrigo ® Allegan, MI 49010' block, so no carton in the line names a physical maker. So each strength is sold under two applications - and all four trace to Perrigo, per the sibling Drugs@FDA source.
Tier 3
One Drugs@FDA query returning all four nicotine-polacrilex gum applications behind the Kirkland Signature Quit line, each resolving to a Perrigo entity: the newer 2017 applications ANDA206394 (Quit 2, NDC 63981-012) and ANDA206393 (Quit 4, NDC 63981-309) to sponsor "PERRIGO R AND D" (Perrigo R&D Company), and the older 2012 applications ANDA076775 (Quit 2, NDC 63981-029) and ANDA076789 (Quit 4, NDC 63981-170) to sponsor "L PERRIGO CO" (L. Perrigo Company). On its own this join would cap the grade at probable: it is the indirect NDC-to-ANDA-to-sponsor join (openFDA's own manufacturer_name field only echoes the labeler roster - Costco and every other store brand sharing the ANDA), the ANDA holder is FDA's responsible party but not always the physical packer, and here the label explicitly places the physical manufacture in Denmark while naming Perrigo as distributor. Costco's own catalog manufacturer field naming L. Perrigo Company for both strengths (see the Costco Business Delivery sources) is the independent corroboration that carries the record to confirmed (DECISIONS 2026-08-30) - Perrigo as the maker of record, with the Danish plant still unnamed. What looks like a multi-supplier line is four Perrigo applications, not several different makers.
Tier 4
Industry context for the on-label "Made in Denmark" statement - it does NOT name Kirkland or Costco. Fertin Pharma describes itself as "the world's largest Contract Development and Manufacturing Organisation for nicotine chewing gum," based at Dandyvej 19, DK-7100 Vejle, Denmark. Fertin is the dominant Danish contract maker of nicotine replacement gum and has been owned by Philip Morris International since 2021, making it the most likely physical maker behind the Danish-made Kirkland gum; because no public source names Fertin for this specific product, it is recorded as context, not as the attribution.
Tier 4
Costco's Business Delivery storefront (costcobusinessdelivery.com) serves the same US catalog data as costco.com and, unlike costco.com, can be fetched and archived. Its page for this item - 'Kirkland Signature Quit Gum 2 mg, 380 Pieces, 2 ct' (item 100234136) - embeds catalog JSON whose manufacturer field reads mfName: "L PERRIGO COMPANY", L. Perrigo Company being Perrigo's principal US operating company (Allegan, MI). Read on August 30, 2026 and verified present in the Wayback snapshot created the same day. The costco.com consumer page for the same product (item 100155525) was also read live in a browser that day and carries the identical mfName value; costco.com cannot be archived, so the Business Delivery page is the citable copy. An internal catalog field rather than an editorial statement, and such fields can name a supplier-of-record rather than the plant; here it independently corroborates the FDA route (NDC 63981-012 / 63981-029 -> ANDA 206394 / 076775 -> sponsors Perrigo R&D and L. Perrigo Company) and the carton's own "Distributed By Perrigo, Allegan, MI" line - the retailer, the regulator and the label all naming the same company - which satisfies the mfName-plus-independent-naming rule for confirmed (DECISIONS 2026-08-30). What it confirms is Perrigo as the maker of record: the carton states the gum is "Made in Denmark," so the physical plant remains an unnamed Danish contract manufacturer (see the Fertin Pharma context source). The 4 mg listing carries the identical field (next source).
Tier 4
The 4 mg counterpart on Costco's Business Delivery storefront - 'Kirkland Signature Quit Gum 4 mg, 380 Pieces, 2 ct' (item 100234132) - embeds the identical catalog field, mfName: "L PERRIGO COMPANY", read on August 30, 2026 and verified present in the same-day Wayback snapshot. Corroborates the Quit 4 FDA route (NDC 63981-309 / 63981-170 -> ANDA 206393 / 076789, both Perrigo entities) the same way the Quit 2 listing does; see that source's note for how the field is read and its limits.
People also ask
Frequently asked
Who makes Kirkland Signature Quit nicotine gum?
FDA drug records and Costco's own listings both point to Perrigo, the largest US private-label OTC drugmaker. Costco sells the Quit 2 (2 mg) and Quit 4 (4 mg) gum under four abbreviated new drug applications, and Drugs@FDA resolves all four to Perrigo entities - L. Perrigo Company for the older applications and Perrigo R&D Company for the newer ones; Costco's product listings for both strengths carry "L Perrigo Company" in their manufacturer field, and the Kirkland label lists "Distributed By Perrigo, Allegan, MI." Kirkland Signature Quit gum is manufactured by Perrigo, per those sources, with Perrigo as the maker of record. The same label states the gum is "Made in Denmark," so the physical plant is a Danish contract manufacturer the label does not name - Perrigo holds the applications, supplies Costco and stands behind the product, while the gum itself is made in Denmark.
Is Kirkland Quit gum the same as Nicorette?
They share the same active ingredient - nicotine polacrilex, 2 mg or 4 mg - and meet the same FDA over-the-counter generic standard, so they work the same way. Nicorette is a Haleon brand; Kirkland Quit is Costco's store-brand version, sold under generic-drug applications held by Perrigo. Same drug and strength, different brand and different FDA application holder.
Where is Kirkland nicotine gum made?
The FDA label states "Made in Denmark" and lists Perrigo (Allegan, Michigan) as the distributor. The label does not name the Danish plant, but Denmark is home to Fertin Pharma, which describes itself as the world's largest contract manufacturer of nicotine chewing gum and has been owned by Philip Morris International since 2021 - so Fertin is the most likely maker, though no public source ties it specifically to the Kirkland product.
Was Kirkland nicotine gum recalled?
No recall of Kirkland Signature Quit nicotine gum is on file in the FDA enforcement database. The nicotine-gum and nicotine-lozenge recalls that do appear there belong to other companies' products and do not name Costco or Kirkland.
Are the Kirkland Quit gum and lozenges made by the same company?
This page covers the Quit nicotine gum. Costco also sells Kirkland Quit nicotine lozenges, which are a separate product with their own FDA applications and are not covered here. For the gum, FDA records tie all four applications to Perrigo.
Prefer the name brand? Nicorette (nicotine polacrilex gum, 2 mg / 4 mg) The closest name-brand equivalent to this Kirkland Signature product.
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