UNSPSC 50434620: Dried organic red headed lettuces

The variety of organic lettuce known as organic red headed lettuces that has been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50434620 Dried organic red headed lettuces, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with the code's narrow specification. The single recent opportunity explicitly tagged to this code—the City of Edinburg, Texas CACFP Meal Program RFP (RFP2026017, due August 4, 2026)—names lettuce as one item within a broad five-category food supply scope that includes beverages, paper goods, janitorial supplies, and nonfood products for a child and adult care food program serving approximately 400 children daily. The sourcing pattern under this code does not reflect sustained demand for dried organic red headed lettuces as a standalone line item; instead, state and local nutrition programs acquire fresh produce, dried commodity staples (pinto and red beans), and broad grocery assortments through separate procurement streams. The issuing bodies in the source include the City of Edinburg (Texas), state agencies in Illinois and Georgia, and school districts in Texas, Missouri, Virginia, and Georgia, with school nutrition programs representing the predominant buyer class. The geographic spread covers Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia, with no evident concentration in any single state or region.

Dried organic lettuce—whether red-headed or other varieties—does not emerge as a dedicated procurement line in the recent opportunities dataset. Instead, lettuce appears incidentally within broad food supply RFPs where school districts and state nutrition programs solicit groceries on a master-list basis (Fairfax County Public Schools Master Grocery K-12 IFB, due April 27, 2026; Rockwood R-VI School District Child Nutrition Services RFP, due April 29, 2026). The code's specificity to dried organic red-headed lettuces—a perishable or shelf-stable specialty produce item—does not match the procurement patterns observed in recent solicitations, which emphasize fresh produce (produce ITBs in Georgia and Oregon) and ambient-stable commodity proteins and grains rather than dried leafy vegetables as a category. This code shows no distinct procurement momentum and does not represent a material opportunity stream for vendors focused on dried organic produce.