UNSPSC 50474501: Canned or jarred organic beluga lentils

The variety of organic lentils known as organic beluga lentils that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50474501 Canned or jarred organic beluga lentils is a Commodity code that does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code's nominal scope—organic legumes in shelf-stable packaging—diverges from the work actually being solicited under it: the recent opportunities in the block include canned tomatoes, potatoes, and broad food-service consumables (proteins, dairy, produce, condiments, kitchen supplies) for state institutions, school districts, and correctional facilities, but none specify canned beluga lentils or other legumes as a line item or focus area.

The source records show substantial activity in state and local food procurement from May through October 2026, but concentrated in institutional food service (state-supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs) and general consumables rather than specialty organic legumes. Recent solicitations from Texas Health and Human Services, Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia and Ben Hill County Schools, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFBs and IWQs for hundreds of line items across proteins, produce, dairy, and dry goods—categories that would logically include canned legumes—yet canned beluga lentils does not appear in the posted scopes. The absence of this Commodity code in current opportunities, combined with the generic nature of the institutional food procurements themselves (which typically source standard commodities at volume), suggests this code represents a niche product category that state and local buying offices do not actively specify or source separately. Vendors targeting this code should monitor school districts and institutional food-service RFPs as line items rather than expect standalone solicitations.