UNSPSC 50426113: Dried space spinach

The variety of spinach known as space spinach that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426113 Dried space spinach (Commodity) does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specialty dehydrated vegetable product, but none of the thirteen recent opportunities posted under this code involve dried spinach or space-grown produce; instead, the sourced opportunities span fresh produce procurement, cafeteria food service supply, dried beans, grocery staples, and meal program provisioning across school districts, correctional facilities, and municipal food services. The code shows no substantive match between its taxonomy designation and actual purchasing patterns in the available record.

The recent activity tagged to this code reflects broad food service and nutrition procurement by state departments of corrections, state purchasing divisions on behalf of institutional food services, county and municipal school districts, and specialized nutrition programs. Representative opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' March 2026 ITB for 127,500 pounds of dried pinto beans (response deadline March 20, 2026), the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's May 2026 IFB for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items across proteins, grains, and staples (extended response deadline May 4, 2026), and Fairfax County Public Schools' April 2026 IFB for Master Grocery K-12 supply to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (response deadline April 27, 2026). School district activity dominates the sample, with solicitations from Rockwood R-VI (Missouri), Muscogee County (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County (Georgia), and Douglas County (Georgia) all seeking fresh produce, eggs, and general grocery items for child nutrition programs between February and April 2026. Activity concentrates in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Missouri, and Virginia, reflecting institutional foodservice demand in correctional and education sectors rather than specialty dried-vegetable procurement.