UNSPSC 50472300: Canned or jarred organic cabbages

The type of organic vegetable known as organic cabbages that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50472300 Canned or jarred organic cabbages, a Class code, represents a narrow product category within state and local food procurement that rarely appears as a standalone solicitation line item. State and local governments buy canned and jarred organic cabbages primarily as components of larger food service contracts—particularly school nutrition programs, correctional facility feeding operations, and state health and human services facilities—rather than as dedicated procurements. When the code appears in recent solicitations, it is typically embedded within broader food product RFPs or IFBs that span dozens or hundreds of line items covering proteins, produce, dairy, grains, and prepared foods rather than as a discrete opportunity. The issuing-body mix reflects the institutional food service market: school districts (elementary through high school), state departments of corrections, health and human services agencies operating state hospitals and state-supported living centers, and independent state nutrition programs. School nutrition programs dominate the recent activity, soliciting food products annually to feed student populations across multiple buildings; correctional facilities and health service agencies issue similar recurring contracts to supply institutional cafeterias and food service operations.

Geographic activity concentrates in the Southeast and South-Central regions, with documented recent solicitations from Georgia (multiple school districts and the state procurement office), Texas (HHSC and TDCJ), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Illinois (Veterans Home), and Missouri (Rockwood School District). Representative opportunities include Ben Hill County Schools' FY 26-27 food bid (IFB #26271, due June 15, 2026), which sought hundreds of food line items including canned vegetables for four school locations; Rockwood R-VI School District's Child Nutrition Services Grocery Items procurement (due April 29, 2026), encompassing over 900 line items across the 2026-27 school year; and Texas HHSC's supplemental food and consumables IFB (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026) covering state-supported living centers statewide with estimated historical value of $1.5 million annually. Canned organic cabbage, when specified, typically appears as one line item among produce categories requiring USDA compliance, whole-grain or low-sodium options, Buy American provisions, and firm fixed pricing with annual renewal potential. Vendors pursuing this code should focus on school districts and state institutional food service contracts where volume aggregation across multiple years and locations creates meaningful contract value, rather than anticipating standalone cabbage procurements.