NIGP 39350: Extracts, Flavoring, and Food Coloring

NIGP 39350 Extracts, Flavoring, and Food Coloring, an Item code, represents a narrow slice of the state and local food procurement market, but recent activity shows the code folded into larger school nutrition and institutional food solicitations where extracts, flavorings, and food colorings appear as line items within comprehensive grocery and food-service bids rather than standalone commodity buys. State and local governments buying under this code source these items primarily as ingredients embedded in meal preparation across school districts, state institutions, and municipal food service operations—appearing alongside spices, condiments, and dry goods in bulk school nutrition procurements and in specialized lots such as spice packages for prepared foods.

The issuing-body mix remains dominated by Georgia school districts (Tattnall County, Candler County, Effingham County, Lamar County, Richmond County, Houston County, and Douglas County through cooperative purchasing), with secondary activity from the State of Georgia, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (through the Texas Comptroller), Dallas Independent School District, Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri, and Atlanta's Invest Atlanta for municipal market operations. Recent procurement notices concentrate in Georgia, with Texas and Missouri representing secondary geographic pockets. Representative recent opportunities include the Lamar County School District's multi-category IFB for its 2027 School Nutrition Program (due May 20, 2026), which organized bids across six separate line-item categories including spices and flavorings within staples; the Candler County Board of Education's Food, Paper, and Chemical Bid for School Year 2027 (due June 12, 2026), which specified condiments and spices as separate line items with USDA nutritional compliance requirements; and the Houston County School District's ITB 27-001 for direct delivery of food, paper, and chemical supplies (due April 17, 2026), valued at approximately $14 million annually with 350,000 estimated cases. Extracts and food colorings typically appear as approved-equal alternatives or preferred-brand specifications within these larger aggregated food buys, with pricing firm for contract periods and subject to mid-year adjustments tied to manufacturer market reports or USDA Agricultural Marketing Service documentation.