UNSPSC 50405306: Creaming onions

The variety of onions known as creaming onions

UNSPSC 50405306 Creaming onions, a Commodity code, covers fresh onions and onion products supplied to state and local institutional food-service operations — particularly state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, mental health centers, school districts, and senior services programs. State and local governments procure creaming onions as part of broader fresh produce or prepared-food categories, typically bundled with other vegetables, proteins, dairy, and disposables in food-service solicitations for institutional kitchens. Recent solicitations show onions appearing as line items within larger fresh-produce or food-supply contracts rather than as standalone purchases, with quantities measured in cases and deliveries timed to facility meal-preparation schedules.

Issuing bodies span state-level agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health), county school systems (Bryan County Schools, Dougherty County Board of Education, Bartow County School System, Early County Board of Education in Georgia; Madison Metropolitan School District in Wisconsin), county health or parks agencies (Collier County Board of County Commissioners), and specialized entities (Head Start of Greater Dallas). The Texas HHSC and TDCJ appear as repeat buyers across multiple recent solicitations. Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Illinois, with secondary activity in Wisconsin and Florida. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 (consumables and food-service supplies for Lufkin State Supported Living Center, due October 23, 2026), the Dougherty County Board of Education sealed-bid solicitation for fresh produce across 24 school nutrition sites (due June 16, 2026), and the Bryan County School Nutrition Program sealed-bid procurement for fresh produce including 790+ cases of onions for school year 2026–2027 (due May 27, 2026). Onions surface in these solicitations as cost-line items within larger institutional-kitchen portfolios rather than as exclusive specialty purchases.