UNSPSC 50181711: Baking powder

A dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a weak alkali and a weak acid, and is used to increase the volume and lighten the texture of baked goods.

UNSPSC 50181711 Baking powder is a Commodity code covering individual baking and food preparation ingredients procured by state and local agencies for institutional food service. State and local governments buy baking powder as a component input to broader food service supply contracts—not typically as a standalone procurement. Recent solicitations show baking powder appearing as a line item within larger grocery and cafeteria food product buys for schools, correctional institutions, child nutrition programs, and county food service operations. Issuing bodies span school districts (Rockwood R-VI in Missouri), state procurement offices acting on behalf of specific agencies (Georgia on behalf of Barrow County, Texas Comptroller on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and nonprofit child care providers (Head Start of Greater Dallas). The code sees activity across state food service purchasing cooperatives and direct agency procurement, with school districts and state-managed institutional food service as the primary buyers.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia, Texas, and Missouri. The Georgia Barrow County procurement (Solicitation 92100GCI0001095, posted April 6, 2026, response due April 13, 2026) was a direct baking powder buy through GCI, delivered F.O.B. Destination to a dry storage warehouse in Milledgeville. More broadly, baking powder appears as a line item in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food product bid (Solicitation 304T26300CF, posted May 4, 2026, response extended to May 4, 2026) covering 382 line items of baking supplies and staples across multiple TDCJ distribution points, and in the Rockwood School District's 2026-27 grocery items solicitation (posted March 31, 2026, response due April 29, 2026) encompassing over 900 line items for school nutrition services. Baking powder does not appear as a standalone commodity in recent Head Start, state food supply, or large school produce and distribution contracts, suggesting the code's primary use is as a component ingredient within institutional food service line-item purchasing rather than as a distinct procurement vehicle.