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Who makes Kirkland Signature Organic Salsa, Medium, 38 oz (2-count)?

Unknown No tier 1–5 source names the maker

Manufacturer

Not established

Citable fact

No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer of Kirkland Signature Organic Salsa, Medium, 38 oz (2-count) as of October 5, 2026.

Verified October 5, 2026

The common claim vs. the evidence

What’s commonly claimed, and what the evidence supports

No widely evidenced answer exists for who makes Kirkland Signature Organic Salsa. The one name that circulates — Mission Foods — is explicit speculation: roundup articles reason that because Mission Foods long supplied Kirkland tortilla chips, it might also make the salsa, while conceding this 'does not definitively answer' the question. Costco discloses only that the salsa is organic and made in the USA, and a documented sweep of recall databases, court records, Costco's own pages, and trade press turned up no source naming the co-packer.

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: 6 databases & records, as of October 5, 2026

FDA / CPSC recall sweep (openFDA food-enforcement; "kirkland" + salsa) July 6, 2026

No Kirkland Signature salsa recall on record; openFDA returns no matching enforcement records. The recall route names no co-packer.

CourtListener + RECAP (query: "Kirkland Signature" salsa) July 6, 2026

0 relevant opinions (only the unrelated Destileria Serralles v. Kabushiki Kaisha Donq trademark case matched loosely). No litigation names a supplier.

Costco's manufacturer field on Costco.com product pages (via Wayback Machine; costco.com blocks automated fetch) July 6, 2026

The archived legacy product page (kirkland-signature,-organic-salsa,-medium,-38-oz,-2-count.product.100765773.html, snapshot 2024-04-10) embeds no manufacturer value, and the newer /p/-/ page (item 100765773) has no Wayback snapshot carrying Costco's manufacturer field. Capturing the live product page's manufacturer field still needs a manual browser check.

Label / review-photo check (Costcuisine and other photographed-label reviews) July 6, 2026

The product is labeled USDA Organic and made in the USA; photographed-label reviews quote no co-packer, 'distributed by,' or manufacturer beyond the Costco private label.

News / trade-press / executive-statement sweep July 6, 2026

No article or executive statement names the salsa's maker.

Community / roundup-article scan July 6, 2026

The recurring guess is Mission Foods, but it is explicitly inferential: roundup articles reason that because Mission Foods long supplied Kirkland tortilla chips (its logo once appeared on the bag), it 'might' also make the salsa, while conceding this 'does not definitively answer' the question. No source documents a Mission Foods link to the salsa.

Frequently asked

Who makes Kirkland Signature organic salsa?

No reliable public evidence identifies the manufacturer. Costco does not disclose the supplier; the label states only that the salsa is organic and made in the USA. A documented search of FDA recall databases, federal court records, Costco's own product pages, and trade press found no tier 1-5 source naming a co-packer.

Is Kirkland salsa made by Mission Foods?

There is no evidence for that. The claim is an inference: Mission Foods was, for years, the named supplier of Kirkland tortilla chips (its logo appeared on the bag), so some articles guess it also makes the salsa. But no source documents a Mission Foods link to the salsa, the chip-to-salsa leap is speculative, and the Mission logo has since been dropped from the Kirkland chip packaging — leaving even the chip relationship unclear.

Was Kirkland organic salsa recalled?

No. FDA's enforcement database shows no recall of Kirkland Signature Organic Salsa (checked July 2026). Costco's Kirkland recalls in recent years have involved other products — such as smoked salmon, organic eggs, and a Caesar-salad kit — not the salsa.

Prefer the name brand? Tostitos Chunky Salsa, Medium The closest name-brand equivalent to this Kirkland Signature product.

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