UNSPSC 50482800: Celery purees

The type of vegetable known as celery which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50482800 Celery purees is a Class code that does not align with actual state and local procurement activity in the recent opportunities block. The opportunities tagged to this code overwhelmingly solicit shelf-stable and fresh/frozen food products for consumption at state facilities, schools, and correctional institutions—canned vegetables, proteins, dairy, grains, fresh produce, and food service supplies—but not celery purees specifically. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Oregon Department of Corrections, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and Texas Department of Criminal Justice (via the Comptroller's office) are the issuing bodies appearing in the dataset, all pursuing broad food-service procurement rather than commodity-specific purees. The opportunities span Texas, Georgia, Oregon, and Illinois with no concentration in any single state; the most recent and representative solicitations are the Texas HHS Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), Gwinnett County's informal written quotes for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (due October 19, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (due June 19, 2026). The code category itself appears to be a mislabeling issue; practitioners should verify the actual commodity being procured in any solicitation before pursuing based on the celery-puree nominal code name.

None of the recent opportunities in the block actually solicit celery purees or puréed vegetable products. State and local jurisdictions are buying prepared and packaged foods, fresh and frozen produce, canned goods, proteins, dairy, grains, and food service consumables and supplies in bulk for institutional food service operations, school cafeterias, and correctional facilities—not specialty purée products. The code shows no relevant recent activity for firms focused on celery-puree production or supply.