Costco Recalls Kirkland Whipped Cream Sold in 12 States

Costco is asking shoppers to check their refrigerators before Thanksgiving dessert. The retailer has recalled Kirkland Signature Real Heavy Whipped Cream after its manufacturer, Alamance Foods, warned that one batch may contain a small amount of a cleaning chemical. The recall covers 15-ounce cans sold at select Costco warehouses between October 11 and October 31, 2026, which means plenty of cans bought for the holiday are still sitting in fridges.

Alamance Foods issued the voluntary recall after customers reported a chemical smell and taste in the product. The notice sent to Costco members says the company acted out of an abundance of caution. The manufacturer hasn't publicly identified the chemical involved, and it hasn't said how it entered the batch. Those two gaps are the whole story shoppers are left with, and they're worth knowing before anyone decides a can smells fine.

The identifiers are specific, and they're printed on the can. Look for Costco item number 1777000 and item code AC50, with a best-if-used-by date of April 2, 2027. Affected cans also carry a timestamp reading 00:35 through 02:45. The manufacturer urges shoppers to check both the date and the timestamp, because a can that matches only one of them isn't necessarily part of the recalled batch.

The recalled cans were sold in 12 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin. That's a Southeast and Midwest footprint, and it covers warehouses where a whipped cream can bought in late October would plausibly still be unopened in mid-November. If your state isn't on the list and your can doesn't match the codes, the recall doesn't reach it.

No serious adverse effects had been reported when the recall was announced, and nobody had sought medical care over the product. That record is reassuring, but it isn't a reason to use a matching can. A cleaning chemical doesn't belong in a food product at any dose the shopper can't measure, and the recall exists precisely because the company can't tell customers which cans carry how much of it.

Anyone holding an affected can should stop using it and return it to a Costco store for a full refund. Questions go to Alamance Foods at [email protected]. The check takes less than a minute: item number, item code, date, timestamp. Do it before the can meets a pie, because Thanksgiving is exactly when a topping bought in October gets used without a second look.