The Brand That Makes Costco's Kirkland Signature Sous Vide Egg Bites

Costco sells just about anything you could imagine, especially things you don't even know you need until they suddenly become available. One more recently-launched commodity at the membership warehouse combines convenience with innovation: sous vide egg bites. Like many other products at the store, Costco doesn't manufacture the eggy snacks itself. Similar to how an outside source produces Kirkland Signature vodka, these savory bites are made for the retailer by a separate company that specializes in sous vide cuisine.

Costco is typically tight-lipped about the companies behind the items manufactured for its private-label brand, but this time around, the retailer is proud to spill the beans. Cuisine Solutions Inc., a global leader providing consumers and chefs alike with gourmet sous vide fare, has come out with two exclusive flavors of egg bites for customers to choose from: Uncured Bacon and Gouda and a vegetarian-friendly Egg White and Cheese Trio with Roasted Red Peppers. Although the company is called Cuisine Solutions Inc., the egg bites are sold under Costco's Kirkland brand.

While the term "sous vide" might throw some folks for a loop, you don't have to know anything about the cooking technique used to create the bites to enjoy them at home. They are fully cooked, so they can technically be eaten right out of the box, although this isn't the recommended way to enjoy them. The inventive morsels are best when heated up in an air fryer for roughly 10 minutes, or they can be warmed in the microwave or toaster oven so all the cheesy goodness within melts into the product for a uniquely savory breakfast experience.

The company behind Costco's latest addition to the Kirkland Signature umbrella is the world's leading supplier of sous vide products. Cuisine Solutions Inc. has been a pioneer of sous vide cooking for decades, and its international team of award-winning chefs currently furnish over 35,000 restaurants and 3,500 retail locations with provisions derived from its method of cooking food. The company perfected the cooking technique years ago and has spent decades educating people about its inclusion in the culinary landscape.

Cooking with water is the best way to prepare some foods, and the sous vide method is just one way to do it. Food is vacuum sealed into a plastic bag and placed in a hot water bath, where it cooks evenly at a regulated temperature. This can be accomplished with a water oven (another name for a sous vide cooker), yet most home cooks opt for a smaller, cheaper setup utilizing a pot of water and a compact immersion circulator. The immersion circulator displaces water from the pot and expels it once it is heated, maintaining a constant temperature for the food to cook.

Cuisine Solutions Inc. joins other production behemoths like the popular brand that makes Costco's coffee, which has contributed to the Kirkland banner over the years. Kirkland Signature's egg bites may turn some heads with the cooking technique used to make it, but the company's expertise in the field makes it a perfect candidate to enlighten consumers about what sous vide cuisine has to offer.