UNSPSC 50461904: Canned or jarred boltardy beets

The variety of beets known as boltardy beets that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50461904 Canned or jarred boltardy beets, a Commodity code, represents a narrow slice of canned-vegetable procurement that state and local governments use primarily in institutional food service—school nutrition programs, state correctional facilities, and health and human services institutions. Recent solicitations under this code show that state and local buyers procure canned vegetables as line items within much broader food supply contracts rather than as standalone bids; the code itself appears rarely as a primary focus, subsumed instead into comprehensive grocery or food-product RFPs, RFQs, and IFBs covering dozens or hundreds of line items. State agencies (corrections departments, health and human services commissions), school districts, and county boards of education dominate the issuing landscape, with school nutrition programs representing the largest cohort of active buyers.

Recent activity concentrates in the Southeast and Midwest, particularly Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued IFB HHS0017449 (due July 13, 2026) for food and consumable products for state supported living centers, and a prior supplemental-food IFB (HHS0016792, February 2026, $4.5 million maximum value over three years) covered multiple line items including canned goods for state hospitals and living centers statewide. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITBs for canned tomatoes (S2910000016405, June 19, 2026, approximately 7,616 cases) and tomato paste (S2910000016089, March 9, 2026, approximately 1,904 cases), with historical pricing at $14.30–$27.75 per case. School districts in Georgia (Liberty County Board of Education, Muscogee County, Burke County Public Schools, Savannah-Chatham County) and Missouri (Rockwood R-VI School District) solicited food supply contracts encompassing canned vegetables as specified line items, typically within broader grocery or produce bids due April through June 2026. Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy issued an RFQ for weekly food orders (February 2026) that included brand-specific or equal alternatives for multiple food items. No solicitation identified boltardy beets or any specific beetroot product by name; the code's activity is inferred from institutional food procurement patterns in which canned vegetables appear as minor components of large contracts. This fragmentation—beets as one line among hundreds in school-nutrition and corrections-facility food bids—suggests that standalone canned-vegetable opportunities are rare and that winning this category typically requires integration into broader institutional food-service platforms and relationships with school districts and corrections systems.