UNSPSC 50182005: Rice cake

A type of traditional food that is made by steaming the grain, such as nonglutinous rice, sweet rice and the like, and after pounding or powdering the grain to make the shape, steam or boil the grain powder to produce.

UNSPSC 50182005 Rice cake is a Commodity code that does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—individual rice cake products—does not match the food service procurement opportunities posted since February 2026. State and local solicitations under related food codes have focused on bulk grocery supply, school nutrition programs, institutional food service, and fresh produce distribution rather than specialty food items like rice cakes as discrete line items.

The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations that reference rice cakes or treat them as a standalone procurement category. State departments, school districts, and health and human services agencies in Illinois, Texas, Georgia, and Missouri are actively sourcing food products through RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs—including the State of Illinois Veterans Home (quarterly food orders), Texas Health and Human Services Commission (supplemental food for state hospitals and supported living centers), Rockwood School District Child Nutrition Services (grocery items and Net Off Invoice products), Fairfax County Public Schools (Master Grocery K-12), Dallas Independent School District (various food products for child nutrition), and multiple Georgia school districts (fresh produce, eggs, and general food supply). These solicitations specify hundreds of line items spanning proteins, dairy, frozen entrees, snacks, condiments, and produce, but none isolate rice cakes as a bid category or represent rice cake procurement as a material focus. The absence of recent activity under this code suggests either minimal demand for rice cakes as a state or local procurement commodity or misclassification in the UNSPSC taxonomy by issuing bodies.