UNSPSC 50485816: Wakame purees

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

UNSPSC 50485816 Wakame purees (Commodity) does not appear in recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a seaweed-based food ingredient, but the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for wakame, seaweed products, or related specialty food ingredients. Instead, the recent contracts show heavy activity in broad food service procurement — canned tomatoes, fresh produce, eggs, and staple grocery items for schools, correctional facilities, and state institutions across multiple jurisdictions. State and local buyers are sourcing commodity-level food products through competitive bidding (IFB, ITB, RFP, RFQ) with firm-fixed or cost-plus pricing structures, Buy American compliance, USDA grade standards, and weekly or on-demand delivery to distributed school and institutional sites. The sourcing pattern reflects cafeteria and food service operations at scale — school districts, state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, and veterans' homes — rather than specialty food procurement.

The geographic and issuing-body mix in active procurement spans school districts and state agencies in Georgia (Douglas County, Burke County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, and Savannah-Chatham County school systems), Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, Comptroller), Oregon (Department of Corrections), Missouri (Rockwood R-VI), Virginia (Fairfax County), Illinois (State Veterans Home), and Georgia state purchasing. Because UNSPSC 50485816 Wakame purees shows no matching recent opportunities, the code does not present a pursued activity area in state and local procurement at this time.