UNSPSC 50442701: Frozen celebrity celery

The variety of celery known as celebrity celery that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50442701 Frozen celebrity celery (Commodity) does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's scope is highly specialized—a single frozen vegetable product variety—yet the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations matching frozen celery specifically. The most recent postings in this commodity family span institutional food service for corrections facilities, state hospitals, school districts, and senior services, but they solicit broad frozen vegetable assortments (mixed vegetables, corn, broccoli, green beans), fresh produce, proteins, and staple groceries rather than branded or specialty celery products. A June 2026 Oregon Department of Corrections ITB for frozen assorted vegetables and a July 2026 ITB for frozen corn both specify detailed product varieties, temperatures, and shelf-life requirements typical of institutional procurement, yet neither names celery as a line item, let alone frozen celebrity celery.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual recent opportunities suggests either minimal current demand for this commodity or a classification error in how state and local procurement offices have tagged these opportunities. Buyers soliciting institutional food service—the primary customer base for frozen vegetables in state and local contracts—appear to source commodity vegetables through broadline food distributors on mixed-vegetable line items rather than as single-product SKUs. If pursuing this code, confirm with state procurement offices in Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Illinois (the jurisdictions with the heaviest recent food service activity) whether frozen celebrity celery is actively specified in their institutional menus, and assess whether demand would justify bid development costs.