UNSPSC 50485219: Red storage onion purees

The variety of onions known as red storage onions which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50485219 Red storage onion purees (Commodity) shows minimal direct activity in state and local procurement. The recent-opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting red onion purees as a standalone line item or primary commodity. Instead, the code appears in a broader context of food-service procurement where onion purees or onion-based products may be embedded within larger consumables or prepared-foods categories. State and local buyers using this code, when they do, are primarily institutional food-service operations — state health and human services agencies operating residential care facilities (state supported living centers), county nutrition programs serving seniors and vulnerable populations, state corrections systems supplying inmate cafeterias, and school nutrition programs. The issuing bodies reflect a mix of state agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois state government, Georgia and Texas statewide procurement offices), county and municipal governments (Gwinnett County in Georgia, Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia), and independent school districts (Burke County Public Schools in Georgia).

Recent solicitations in the broader food-consumables space show activity concentrated in Texas (multiple HHSC procurements for state supported living centers at Lufkin and El Paso, TDCJ cafeteria foods), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, statewide food-supplies bid), and Oregon (Department of Corrections canned-tomato procurement). Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables and prepared foods at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), Gwinnett County's IWQ for shelf-stable food items including sauces and prepared products (due October 19, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (due June 19, 2026). Most opportunities specify F.O.B. Destination delivery within 7–30 days of order, firm fixed pricing, references, and compliance with E-Verify and suspension/debarment certifications. No recent opportunities explicitly name red storage onion purees as a featured or separately bid item; when onion-based products appear, they are ancillary to broader prepared-foods or condiments categories within larger institutional supply contracts.