UNSPSC 50484609: Ruby romaine lettuce purees

The variety of lettuce known as ruby romaine lettuce which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50484609 Ruby romaine lettuce purees is a Commodity code. State and local procurement activity under this code does not align with the work actually being solicited. Recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code show procurement of broad food-service categories—prepared foods, shelf-stable groceries, canned proteins, fresh produce, dairy, proteins, frozen specialty entrees, and food-service supplies—but ruby romaine lettuce purees does not appear in any of the posted solicitations. The opportunity titles and scope descriptions (Consumables Foods for the Lufkin State Supported Living Center, Purchase of Food Items, Potatoes Variety, Canned Tomato, Cafeteria Food Products, School Nutrition Food Bid) indicate that state and local buyers use this code to tag multi-category food procurement instead of single-commodity lettuce purees. Issuing bodies range across state health and human services agencies, state corrections departments, county purchasing offices, county school districts, and school nutrition programs in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon.

The geographic spread is concentrated in Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission for state supported living centers and state hospitals statewide, Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food for multiple warehouse locations) and Georgia (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools), with activity also in Oregon (Oregon Department of Corrections). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0018082 for Consumables Foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (22 line items of prepared foods and food service supplies, due October 23, 2026), Gwinnett County's informal written quote IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, sauces, soups, and canned vegetables (due October 19, 2026), Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes meeting USDA Grade B or better (due June 19, 2026), and Ben Hill County Schools IFB for a comprehensive food bid covering fresh and frozen produce, meat and seafood, milk and dairy products, and kitchen supplies across four school locations (due June 15, 2026). This code shows no material recent procurement of ruby romaine lettuce purees specifically.