UNSPSC 50426316: Dried oriental sweet potatoes

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

UNSPSC 50426316 Dried oriental sweet potatoes is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code are actually buying staple dried produce items and legumes for institutional food service — schools, corrections facilities, and child nutrition programs — rather than specialty oriental sweet potato products specifically. Recent solicitations show dried beans and pinto beans dominating the procurement activity, with only one opportunity explicitly mentioning dried produce more broadly (Georgia's general Food Supplies solicitation); a single fresh-produce-focused RFP from the City of Edinburg Child and Adult Care Food Program and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System RFP for fresh produce and eggs round out the recent activity. The code appears misaligned with actual purchasing patterns — most recent opportunities under this code tag address fresh produce, fresh eggs, general grocery items, and meal service supply, not dried sweet potatoes or similar specialty dried produce. School districts, state corrections departments, and child nutrition service providers drive the bulk of recent solicitations in this taxonomy space.

Geographically, recent activity clusters in the Southeast and Southwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued two separate ITBs for dried pinto and red beans (June 19, 2026) and dried pinto beans (March 20, 2026), each for six-figure pound quantities; the Texas Comptroller issued an IFB for cafeteria food products to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (May 4, 2026); Georgia issued multiple solicitations including a general Food Supplies bid (June 22, 2026) and fresh produce RFPs; and school districts in Missouri (Rockwood R-VI, April 29, 2026), Virginia (Fairfax County Public Schools, April 27, 2026), Georgia (Muscogee County, April 27, 2026; Savannah-Chatham County, April 23, 2026; Douglas County via GEC Buying Cooperative, March 4, 2026), and Texas (Edinburg, August 4, 2026) have posted active grocery and produce contracts. The code shows limited specific activity for dried oriental sweet potatoes; pursuing opportunities tagged here requires confirming the actual commodity scope in each RFQ or IFB, as procurement offices appear to use this code broadly across institutional food supply categories.