UNSPSC 50444808: Frozen hen of the woods mushrooms

The variety of mushrooms known as hen of the woods mushrooms that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50444808 Frozen hen of the woods mushrooms, a Commodity code, sees minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally designates a specialized frozen mushroom variety, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code do not reflect procurement of hen of the woods mushrooms or specialty mushroom products at all. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code focus on broad institutional food service procurement—shelf-stable staples, frozen vegetables, proteins, dairy, and paper products for correctional facilities, senior centers, schools, and state-supported living centers. Gwinnett County's October 2026 informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, sauces, soups, and canned vegetables) for the Department of Community Services, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania's September 2026 IFB for groceries, meats, cereals, and paper products for the correctional facility, and the State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office's August 2026 RFP for weekly food orders at the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy all exemplify the kinds of large-volume, commodity food solicitations tagged to the code. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being bought suggests either misclassification in state procurement systems or a taxonomic issue where institutional bulk-food purchasing defaults to this code regardless of product specificity.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Texas, and Oregon, with school districts, county governments, state corrections agencies, and health and human services departments as repeat buyers. The volume and frequency of food-service procurement across these jurisdictions indicate steady operational demand, but the absence of specialty or frozen mushroom products—particularly hen of the woods varieties—in any representative recent opportunity signals that vendors specializing in premium or niche frozen mushroom supply would find little actionable opportunity under this code in the current market. Vendors pursuing institutional food supply should confirm category alignment with procurement staff before investing in qualification or bid preparation.