UNSPSC 50425409: Pigeon peas

The pigeon pea, also known as arhar, tur, red gram, or gungo peas in Jamaica is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae. Since its domestication in the Indian subcontinent at least 3,500 years ago, its seeds have become a common food in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

UNSPSC 50425409 Pigeon peas, a Commodity code, does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The source contains fourteen recent opportunities posted between January and July 2026 across school districts, state departments, and regional buying cooperatives in Texas, Missouri, Georgia, Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois; none of these solicitations names pigeon peas as a line item or purchasing category. The opportunities span dried beans (pinto and red), fresh produce (apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, peppers, leafy greens, citrus, potatoes, and eggs), cafeteria food products (proteins, dairy, grains, beverages, condiments, canned vegetables and fruits), and master grocery supply for school nutrition programs. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate ITBs in March and June 2026 for dried pinto and red beans totaling approximately 170,000 pounds combined, and multiple school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Douglas County) solicited fresh produce contracts with annual values estimated in the millions of dollars. Pigeon peas do not feature in any of these notices.

The absence of pigeon pea procurement activity across this sample suggests either minimal demand in state and local markets or that when procured, pigeon peas are bundled into broader commodity categories and not separately coded. State and local buyers in the recent record focus on staple legumes such as pinto and kidney beans, fresh produce, and prepared entrees rather than specialty legumes. Unless your firm has existing relationships with institutional food service buyers or cooperative purchasing groups that specifically target legume supply, this code does not present an active opportunity window at present.