UNSPSC 50483005: Ione limnos chicory purees

The variety of chicory known as ione limnos chicory which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50483005 Ione limnos chicory purees (Commodity) does not align with the state and local procurement activity in the source material. The recent opportunities posted under this code span a broad range of food supply and distribution work — including weekly food orders for veterans homes, quarterly fresh produce and egg contracts for multi-district school systems, canned tomato and tomato paste procurement for corrections departments, comprehensive grocery and food service supply for school nutrition programs, and supplemental food and consumable products for state hospitals and supported living centers. None of these solicitations reference chicory purees or products matching the code's nominal scope. The mismatch suggests either a tagging error in the source data or that the code is being used as a catch-all food-procurement category at the point of data collection. The actual work being solicited — bulk institutional food supply, standardized commodity items, and routine replenishment — bears no relationship to a specialized vegetable puree.

State and local issuing bodies soliciting under this code include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Rockwood R-VI, Burke County, Liberty County, and Muscogee County school systems in Georgia and Missouri; Ben Hill County Schools and Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in Georgia), state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Home, State of Georgia), and health-care facilities. Recent representative opportunities include the Texas HHSC procurement for supplemental food and consumables at state hospitals and supported living centers (IFB HHS0017449, response due July 13, 2026) with estimated prior-period spend of $1.5 million, the Oregon Department of Corrections canned tomatoes solicitation (ITB S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026 for 7,616 cases), Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 contract (IFB 2000004323, due April 27, 2026 for 45 schools plus distribution kitchens), and the Douglas County School System's food supply and distribution RFP for 32 schools serving approximately 25,500 students with estimated annual spend of $9 million. Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, and Virginia, with school nutrition programs and state institutional food service representing the dominant buyer categories.