UNSPSC 50426710: Dried yellow guinea yams

The variety of yams known as yellow guinea yams that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50426710 Dried yellow guinea yams is a Commodity code that does not support meaningful recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally covers a specific dried legume product, but recent opportunities posted under this identifier involve unrelated food categories: fresh produce (apples, bananas, broccoli, carrots, eggs), dried pinto and red beans, cafeteria proteins and staples (beef brisket, chicken, cheese, pasta), and general grocery supply for schools and correctional facilities. A single opportunity—the Oregon Department of Corrections bid for dried pinto beans (S2910000016233, due March 20, 2026)—touches the dried-legume category, but pinto beans are a distinct commodity from dried yellow guinea yams and represent a different supply chain and sourcing footprint. The remaining twelve opportunities span school nutrition programs, correctional facilities food service, and child care meal programs across Texas, Illinois, Oregon, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia, none of which explicitly call for dried yellow guinea yams as a line item.

The code's limited activity and the mismatch between its nominal scope and current solicitation practice suggest minimal procurement demand for dried yellow guinea yams specifically within state and local jurisdictions. Vendors focused on this commodity should verify direct engagement with individual state departments (particularly USDA commodity program administrators in corrections and child nutrition) rather than relying on UNSPSC-tagged RFPs and RFQs. The broader dried-legume and specialty-food-ingredient categories see episodic demand in corrections and school-system procurement, but dried yellow guinea yams do not surface as a commonly specified item in recent posted opportunities. Monitor corrections agency and school nutrition procurement channels directly for commodity-specific specifications; a transition to broader dried-legume or import-specialty-food codes may better reflect actual state and local buying patterns in this space.