UNSPSC 50426308: Dried japanese sweet potatoes

The variety of sweet potatoes known as japanese sweet potatoes that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426308 Dried Japanese sweet potatoes is a Commodity code. State and local governments purchase this item sporadically as part of broader food-service procurement for schools, corrections facilities, and child nutrition programs, but the recent state and local solicitation record shows no opportunities explicitly calling for dried Japanese sweet potatoes. The only Commodity-specific match in the recent opportunities block is a general dried-bean procurement by the Oregon Department of Corrections for pinto and red beans (not sweet potatoes), which suggests the code occupies a narrow product niche within larger food-supply contracts. Most recent state and local activity tagged to food procurement has focused on fresh produce, fresh eggs, complete grocery assortments, and cafeteria proteins rather than specialty dried items. When dried sweet potatoes do appear, they are typically subsumed under broader produce or snack categories in school nutrition and institutional food-service RFPs rather than solicited as a distinct line item.

Geographic activity and issuing bodies are distributed across multiple state and local jurisdictions. School districts—including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Muscogee County School District (Georgia), and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia)—dominate recent procurement activity, followed by state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Illinois, Georgia) and municipal bodies (City of Edinburg, Texas). Texas and Georgia show the heaviest concentration of recent food-service solicitations. Representative opportunities include Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items 2026-2027 (RFQ, April 29, 2026 due date) encompassing over 900 line items across snacks, fruits, vegetables, and prepared entrees for 6,900 daily lunch participants, and Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 (IFB 2000004323, April 27, 2026 due date) requiring suppliers to deliver weekly to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens. Neither opportunity explicitly references dried Japanese sweet potatoes; dried items generally compete within larger commodity categories or are omitted entirely from recent school and corrections procurement cycles, signaling limited near-term opportunity under this specific code.