UNSPSC 50443004: Frozen choy sum

The variety of chinese cabbage known as choy sum that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443004 Frozen choy sum is a Commodity code with minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with its narrow product scope. The source records show no recent solicitations explicitly requesting frozen choy sum; instead, state and local buyers across the records are procuring a much broader range of frozen and fresh vegetables, fresh produce, groceries, and food service products under related UNSPSC codes and institutional food service needs. The few opportunities that touch frozen vegetables at all—such as the Oregon Department of Corrections' bids for frozen corn, frozen assorted vegetables, frozen carrots, and frozen potato products (ITBs S2910000017451, S2910000017439, S2910000016589, S2910000016558)—specify entirely different commodity lines and do not reference choy sum or Asian vegetable varieties. Similarly, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's supplemental food procurement (HHS0016792), Ben Hill County Schools' food bid, and Dallas Independent School District's food procurement all enumerate broad food categories but do not call out frozen choy sum as a line item. The code's activity appears confined to institutional food service demand from correctional facilities, state supported living centers, and school districts, where frozen vegetable procurement is typically consolidated into larger, mixed-assortment contracts rather than single-commodity sourcing. Geographic spread across the recent opportunities covers Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Connecticut, and Virginia, but none of these jurisdictions has posted a solicitation naming frozen choy sum as a distinct procurement need.

The absence of targeted frozen choy sum opportunities in recent state and local activity suggests either minimal institutional demand for this specialty Asian vegetable or absorption of any choy sum procurement within broader frozen-vegetable or mixed-produce line items that do not name it explicitly. Firms pursuing this code should monitor institutional food service RFPs from correctional departments, state health and human services agencies, and large school districts in regions with established Asian food preferences or demographics—particularly in California, Texas, New York, and the Pacific Northwest—but should expect to compete on broader frozen-vegetable or grocery contracts rather than dedicated choy sum bids. The recent posting pattern shows no choy sum-specific ITBs, RFPs, or RFQs within the past six months of the source date.