UNSPSC 50221303: Corn starch or corn flour

A starch derivative of the corn or maize grain. It is also grown from the endosperm of the corn kernel. It is usually included as an anti-caking agent in powdered sugar 10X or confectioner's sugar.

UNSPSC 50221303 Corn starch or corn flour is a Commodity code that encompasses starches and grain-derived flour products used in institutional food service and cafeteria operations. State and local governments procure these ingredients as components of broader food supply contracts for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and other public cafeteria operations. The issuing bodies are predominantly school districts and state criminal justice departments, with recent activity driven by annual school nutrition service solicitations and institutional food-service procurement cycles. School districts—including Rockwood R-VI in Missouri, Liberty County in Georgia, and Douglas County in Georgia—source these commodities as line items within larger grocery and food-supply RFPs and IFBs that span hundreds of food categories. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, procuring through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts Statewide Procurement Division, similarly includes flour and related grain products within its cafeteria food-product solicitations serving multiple warehouse locations.

Recent activity concentrates in Georgia, Missouri, and Texas. Representative opportunities include the Liberty County Board of Education's IFB for Food SY26-27 (due April 29, 2026) and the Rockwood R-VI School District's RFP for Grocery Items 2026-2027 (due April 29, 2026), both seeking hundreds of line items including grains and baking supplies for school meal service. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF (due May 4, 2026, extended via Addendum No. 2) for cafeteria food products spanning approximately 382 line items including flour and grain-based items for delivery to six distribution points across Texas. The State of Georgia posted a general food, supplies, and other kitchen products solicitation (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026). The Douglas County School System's RFP 26-003 for Food Supply and Distribution Services (due February 18, 2026) sought a main-line distributor to supply approximately 32,000 meals daily with an estimated annual expenditure of $9 million. Corn starch and corn flour appear as commodity-level inputs within these broader institutional procurement cycles rather than as standalone solicitations; their presence in school-nutrition and correctional-facility food contracts is consistent but subsidiary to primary vendor and distributor selection.