UNSPSC 50485808: Laver or nori purees

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

UNSPSC 50485808 Laver or nori purees (Commodity) shows minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes seaweed-based purees, but the nine opportunities posted between May and October 2026 soliciting under this code consist almost entirely of broad food service procurements for state institutions, school districts, and county programs that span dozens or hundreds of food line items—prepared proteins, fresh produce, dairy, canned goods, condiments, and kitchen supplies—with no evidence that laver or nori purees were specifically requested or awarded in any of them. The issuing bodies include state health and human services departments (Texas HHSC, Illinois, Georgia, Oregon), state correctional and criminal justice agencies (Texas TDCJ, Oregon Department of Corrections), county boards of commissioners (Gwinnett County, Georgia; Ben Hill County, Georgia), and school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and others). The work being solicited is routine food service supply contracting for institutional cafeterias, canteens, state-supported living centers, and correctional facilities—line-item purchasing of shelf-stable and frozen products with standard delivery, quality, and compliance requirements.

Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. Representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 (Lufkin State Supported Living Center consumables, bids due October 23, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections' IFB for approximately 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (bids due June 19, 2026, with a prior award at $13.75 per case), Burke County Public Schools' sealed-bid food procurement across five schools (bids due June 5, 2026), and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's IFB 304T-26-300CF for 382 line items of cafeteria products across five geographic warehouse areas (bids due May 4, 2026). No solicitation in the source material names laver or nori purees as a requested product or specifies a related item. The code assignment appears to be a data-entry or taxonomy-matching error; state and local procurement activity under this code number currently does not reflect the commodity it nominally describes, and vendors evaluating pursuit should verify code assignment directly with issuing bodies before submitting.