UNSPSC 50423203: Dried ambrosia corn

The variety of corn known as ambrosia corn that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50423203 Dried ambrosia corn (Commodity) covers dried grain and pulse products used in institutional food service, though recent state and local procurement activity under this code shows minimal direct solicitation for the commodity itself. Instead, the code appears in broader food-supply buys—school districts, correctional facilities, and child-nutrition programs that procure dried goods as line items within larger produce and grocery solicitations. The City of Edinburg, Texas, CACFP meal program (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products buy (IFB 304T-26-300CF, extended to May 4, 2026) both encompass grains and starches including potential dried products, though neither explicitly names dried corn as a standalone line item. Issuing bodies are predominantly state corrections departments, school districts (K–12 and special populations), county child-nutrition authorities, and municipal food-service programs, all of which purchase such commodities as components of meal-service contracts rather than as standalone procurement actions.

The most active recent geographic regions for institutional food procurement are Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia, with state departments of corrections and school districts driving the largest volume. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two recent dried-bean solicitations (ITB S2910000017140 for 42,500 pounds of dried pinto and red beans, due June 19, 2026, and ITB S2910000016233 for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans, due March 20, 2026), establishing a pattern of direct procurement of dried pulses that mirrors purchasing behavior likely to extend to dried corn. School districts including Fairfax County Public Schools (IFB 2000004323 for Master Grocery K–12, due April 27, 2026), Rockwood R-VI School District (bid due April 29, 2026), and multiple Georgia districts through the Douglas County School System cooperative all specify firm pricing and direct delivery for grain and starch products as part of annual meal contracts. The code itself shows low standalone activity; vendors pursuing this commodity should target state corrections meal-service awards, school district staple-goods line items, and child-nutrition program expansion bids where dried grains and pulses anchor cost-stable menu offerings.