UNSPSC 50487002: Maca purees

Variety of tubers known as maca which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50487002 Maca purees (Commodity) sees minimal recent state and local procurement activity directly aligned with the code's scope. The single opportunistic posting under this category—a quarterly food order from the Illinois Veterans Home in Quincy—does not substantively feature maca purees; the solicitation covers general weekly food supply including proteins, dairy, prepared foods, and condiments, with no specific reference to maca or puree products. The code appears dormant or mistagged in active state and local procurement workflows. School nutrition programs, state health and human services facilities, and correctional departments dominate the broader food-procurement landscape, but they solicit canned tomatoes, fresh produce, eggs, standardized proteins, and shelf-stable staples—commodity items far more aligned with UNSPSC codes covering traditional food service supply chains. Maca purees, a specialty superfood product with limited institutional food-service adoption, do not emerge as a procurement category across the Illinois Veterans Home, Texas HHSC, Oregon Department of Corrections, Georgia school districts, or Missouri Rockwood schools represented in recent opportunities.

No meaningful geographic concentration or repeat-buyer pattern supports maca purees procurement at the state and local level as of mid-2026. School districts across Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia are actively bidding food supply contracts worth millions annually, but none reference specialty purees or nutritional supplements as line items. The apparent mismatch between the assigned UNSPSC code and actual procurement activity suggests either miscategorization in the state procurement database or that maca purees represent a negligible market segment within institutional food service. Business development professionals should treat this code as inactive and focus resources on the high-velocity food distribution and produce categories that dominate state and local nutrition programs.