UNSPSC 50466840: Canned or jarred lotus root

The type of vegetable known as lotus root that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50466840 Canned or jarred lotus root, a Commodity code, sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The single opportunity in the recent record—a quarterly food order from the State of Illinois for the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy—does not specify lotus root among its 24 line items of proteins, dairy, prepared foods, and vegetables. State and local procurement under this code is sparse; the opportunities posted between January and June 2026 across Illinois, Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and Missouri focus almost entirely on mainstream canned goods (tomatoes, paste), fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and prepared entrees for correctional facilities, state hospitals, state supported living centers, and school nutrition programs. When canned vegetables appear, they are generic staples—tomatoes, mixed vegetables, and conventional items—not specialty products like lotus root.

The issuing bodies across recent procurements are correctional departments (Oregon DOC, Texas TDCJ), state health and human services commissions (Texas HHSC), state veterans' homes (Illinois), and school districts (Fairfax County, Burke County, Liberty County, Rockwood R-VI, Douglas County, Savannah-Chatham, Muscogee County, Ben Hill). No opportunity in the dataset specifically solicits canned or jarred lotus root, nor does any issuing body reference Asian specialty vegetables or ethnic food ingredients in the available documents. The geographic spread of recent activity clusters in the South and Pacific Northwest (Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Oregon) with secondary activity in Illinois and Virginia, but geography is irrelevant to this code's practical market signal: state and local governments are not buying canned lotus root under UNSPSC 50466840 in the current procurement cycle. Business development interest should focus on suppliers' ability to fulfill mainstream canned vegetables and Asian-adjacent products through broader commodity categories rather than this narrow specialty item.