UNSPSC 50423003: Dried chinese flowering cabbage

The variety of chinese cabbage known as chinese flowering cabbage that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423003 Dried chinese flowering cabbage is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy under this code primarily fresh and frozen food products for institutional meal service — cafeterias, child nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and distributed school meal operations. The recent solicitation activity shows minimal direct procurement of dried chinese flowering cabbage itself; instead, issuing bodies are acquiring broad food supply categories that may include this item as one line among hundreds. The City of Edinburg, Texas, posted RFP 2026-017 on July 16, 2026 (due August 4, 2026) for Child and Adult Care Food Program meal service covering beverages, paper goods, food products including vegetables, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items to serve approximately 400 children daily. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, through the Comptroller of Public Accounts, issued IFB 304T-26-300CF in May 2026 for approximately 382 food line items spanning proteins, dairy, grains, canned and fresh vegetables, and miscellaneous staples for delivery across five geographic regions. School districts dominate the issuing-body mix — Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) — alongside correctional facilities and child care programs.

Activity concentrates in Texas and Georgia, with secondary presence in Virginia, Missouri, and Oregon. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two solicitations for dried beans specifically (ITB S-29100-00016233 in March 2026 and IFB S2910000017140 in June 2026), which align more closely with the dried-vegetable commodity than the broader fresh-produce and food-supply solicitations dominating the recent pipeline. State-level procurement through Georgia (two fresh-produce RFPs in February and April 2026 serving multi-district cooperatives) and Illinois (FY-27 IVHQ quarterly food order in June 2026) also appears. The majority of recent opportunities are institution-wide food supply and meal-service contracts where dried chinese flowering cabbage would compete as a minor line item within broader vegetable or produce categories rather than being solicited as a standalone commodity. Firms pursuing this code should expect to bid as part of comprehensive food-supply responses to school districts and public institutions rather than as specialized dried-vegetable suppliers, and should monitor the school-nutrition and corrections procurement pipelines where institutional food service represents recurring, high-volume demand.