UNSPSC 50424200: Dried kale

The type of vegetable known as kale that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50424200 Dried kale is a Class code that does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The source documents thirteen recent opportunities across state departments, school districts, and correctional agencies, but none directly solicits dried kale or align with this commodity's scope. Most opportunities target broad food service categories—grocery supplies for school nutrition programs, fresh produce, dried beans, cafeteria products, and food distribution services—rather than a specific dried vegetable line. The one explicit dried-commodity procurement (Oregon Department of Corrections, ITB S2910000016233 and S2910000017140) sought dried pinto and red beans at scale (127,500 and 42,500 pounds respectively), not leafy greens. Food service volume in the sample is substantial, with school districts serving tens of thousands of meals daily and state correctional and child nutrition programs operating at institutional scale, but the commodity classification and recent activity diverge.

The issuing bodies active in this food-service space include state corrections departments, school districts (ranging from small rural systems to large metropolitan districts such as Fairfax County Public Schools serving approximately 180,000 students across seven distribution points and Savannah-Chatham County serving 60 school sites), county school systems, city nutrition programs (City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP), and state purchasing offices executing on behalf of multiple agencies. No issuing body in the sample has posted a recent solicitation specifically for dried kale under this code. Geographic activity centers on Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Missouri, Virginia, and Illinois, but none of these jurisdictions show a current opportunity aligned with this commodity. Without a representative recent opportunity to ground the scope of what state and local governments buy under UNSPSC 50424200, pursue this code only if your firm has intelligence of institutional demand for dried kale in pipeline opportunities not yet posted.