Check Your Fridge Before Thanksgiving: This Costco Kirkland Product Was Just Recalled

With just two weeks left until Thanksgiving, Costco customers are stocking up on all the essentials. The big box store is one of the best grocery chains to buy a Thanksgiving turkey, after all, and it's still selling those under-$6.00 pumpkin pies that dropped back in August. While the pie itself doesn't present a problem, one item that's often sold as a go-with has just been recalled. If you don't see any Kirkland Signature Real Heavy Whipped Cream on the store shelves, it's because manufacturer Alamance Foods voluntarily recalled the item due to the possibility of contamination with cleaning chemicals.

If you purchased this product within the past few weeks — specifically, between October 11 and 31, 2026 — take a look at the label to see whether your item was affected. If so, it will have item code AC50 and item number 1777000, with a use-by date of April 2, 2027, and a time stamp between 00:35 and 02:45. However, this only applies if you purchased the product in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, or Wisconsin, since Costco locations in other states didn't receive any of the potentially tainted whipped cream.

If you do have any Kirkland Signature Real Heavy Whipped Cream with those codes and dates in the house, you can return the unused portion to Costco, and the store should issue you a full refund. But what if you've already consumed some of it? There's no need to panic. While some people have complained about the recalled whipped cream smelling and tasting like chemicals, to date no one appears to have become ill or experienced any adverse effects. The worst you'll likely suffer is the inconvenience of having to drive back to Costco for your refund and potentially needing to source replacement whipped cream at a different store.

Don't let this recall put you off your holiday pie or make you feel you need to eat it plain, since aerosol whipped cream isn't a commonly recalled item. Still, you should take the same precautions with it as you would with any dairy product. Aerosol whipped cream lasts a lot longer after opening than the whip-it-yourself kind (up to three months as opposed to a few days), but it, too, needs to be refrigerated to prevent it from spoiling and potentially making you sick. You might also want to wipe down the nozzle, because if this gets dirty, it can lead to the whipped cream going bad before its time.