UNSPSC 50425811: Dried sea kale

The variety of sea vegetables known as sea kale that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425811 Dried sea kale, a Commodity code, maps poorly to recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a single dried vegetable product, but the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for dried sea kale or any seaweed-based product; instead, the opportunities span broad food-service supply for schools, corrections facilities, and child nutrition programs, with dried beans, fresh produce, and general grocery items dominating the actual procurements.

The mismatch between the code's narrow scope and the breadth of food-supply activity in the opportunities list suggests that UNSPSC 50425811 either sees minimal direct procurement at the state and local level or that sourcing bodies are tagging broader food-service solicitations with a code that does not reflect the actual line items being bought. Recent activity tracked under related commodity codes—dried pinto beans (Oregon Department of Corrections, March 2026 and June 2026 ITBs for 127,500 and 42,500 pounds respectively), fresh produce (multiple Georgia school districts and Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools RFPs and ITBs, February through April 2026), and general grocery supply (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI School District, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice IFBs and RFPs, March through May 2026)—indicates that state and local procurement for food commodities is active across school nutrition, corrections, and child care nutrition programs in Texas, Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, and Oregon. Dried sea kale does not appear in any of the recent solicitations reviewed, and business development professionals should verify current procurement patterns under this specific code before committing resources to pursuit.