UNSPSC 50486840: Lotus root purees

The type of vegetable known as lotus root which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50486840 Lotus root purees is a Commodity code that represents a narrow food ingredient category with minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The recent opportunities posted under this code do not reflect procurement of lotus root purees; instead, they show broad-based school nutrition and institutional food service solicitations covering dozens or hundreds of line items spanning proteins, produce, dairy, grains, condiments, and prepared foods. The code's nominal scope—a single specialized vegetable ingredient—does not align with the actual work being solicited, which consists of comprehensive food supply contracts for school districts, correctional facilities, health and human services agencies, and veterans' homes.

State and local issuing bodies active in this code include school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia; Douglas County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Ben Hill County, Burke County, Savannah-Chatham County, and Rockwood R-VI in Georgia and Missouri), state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), and county school nutrition programs across Virginia, Georgia, Missouri, Texas, and Oregon. The geographic spread is concentrated in the Southeast (Georgia, particularly) and Pacific Northwest (Oregon, Washington corridor), with secondary activity in Texas, Illinois, and Virginia. Recent representative solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumables serving the El Paso State Supported Living Center (response due July 13, 2026), Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB 2000004323 for weekly delivery to 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens (response due April 27, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S2910000016405 for canned tomatoes (response due April 6, 2026), and Ben Hill County Schools' comprehensive food bid with response due June 15, 2026. None of these opportunities specifically request lotus root purees or similar specialty items; the code appears to be a tagging mismatch rather than an active procurement category for this ingredient at the state and local level.