UNSPSC 50181712: Tapioca

A starch extracted from cassava. Used worldwide as a thickening agent, mainly in foods

UNSPSC 50181712 Tapioca, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The source records contain no solicitations or awards for tapioca as a standalone food product or ingredient. Several opportunities in the dataset involve food procurement—consumables for state-supported living centers and veterans' homes in Texas and Illinois, cafeteria and canteen supplies for criminal justice and behavioral health facilities, and specialty food items for institutional food service—but none explicitly names tapioca or purchases it as a line item or product category.

The mismatch between the code's narrow product scope and the actual food procurement activity in the source suggests that tapioca, if procured by state and local bodies at all, may be embedded in broader consumables categories, bundled into composite food product line items (such as snack mixes or specialty foods), or sourced through cooperative purchasing agreements that do not itemize it separately in posted solicitations. State and local food service procurement in this dataset concentrates on prepared and frozen proteins, fresh and canned produce, dairy, baked goods, condiments, and disposable service supplies—categories where tapioca does not surface as a discrete procurement driver.