UNSPSC 50485802: Arame purees

The variety of sea vegetables known as arame which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50485802 Arame purees is a Commodity code representing a narrow food-product category within the broader fresh and processed seafood and plant-based ingredient family. State and local procurement activity under this specific code is minimal; the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting arame or arame-derived products. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code reflect general food procurement by state institutions, county social services, school districts, and correctional systems—including consumables for state supported living centers, senior services nutrition programs, school cafeterias, and prison food service operations. These solicitations request hundreds of line items spanning proteins, dairy, produce, pantry staples, and prepared foods, but arame purees do not appear as a specified item in any of the posted opportunities. The geographic spread of recent food procurement activity centers on Texas (multiple Health and Human Services Commission solicitations for state facilities), Georgia (county and school district nutrition programs), and Oregon (corrections department commodity purchases), with additional activity in Illinois.

The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual solicitations posted suggests that arame purees see little or no active state and local demand at present. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the largest repeat buyer in the recent opportunities, procures food and consumables for state supported living centers and state hospitals through multiple IFBs—HHS0018082 (posted October 16, 2026, due October 23, 2026) for the Lufkin facility and HHS0017872 (posted August 11, 2026, due August 25, 2026) for consumables across state operations—but neither includes arame. The Oregon Department of Corrections bid for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (posted June 5, 2026, due June 19, 2026) and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal quote for shelf-stable food items (posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026) reflect procurement of mainstream commodity ingredients and prepared foods. Unless arame purees are being procured under a different UNSPSC code or as part of an unlisted line item within a broader food solicitation, business development professionals should consider this code inactive for state and local purposes.