UNSPSC 50490000: Organic fresh vegetable purees

Organic vegetables which have been pureed by being ground, pressed, blended, and/or sieved to the consistency of a soft creamy paste or thick liquid. Organic vegetables have been grown and that transported in a manner that qualifies them to be certified as organic.

UNSPSC 50490000 Organic fresh vegetable purees, a Family code, does not see significant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes purees of organic fresh vegetables, but the recent opportunities in the dataset are predominantly traditional fresh produce, canned goods, and broad-based food service contracts with minimal or no emphasis on purees. The Oregon Department of Corrections has solicited canned tomatoes and tomato paste (S2910000016405, S2910000016089, S2910000015837); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has sought supplemental food and consumables for state hospitals and supported living centers (HHS0017449, HHS0016792, HHS0016792V2); and multiple school districts have issued IFBs and RFPs for grocery items, fresh produce, and eggs spanning Fairfax County Public Schools (IFB 2000004323), Ben Hill County Schools (PE61000NONST2027000000006), Burke County Public Schools (PE55037NONST2027000000007), Liberty County Board of Education (PE68910NONST2026000000049), Muscogee County School District (PE55220NONST2026000000029), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (BID2634), Douglas County School System (PE64810NONST2026000000046, PE64810NONST2026000000047), and Rockwood R-VI School District (CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027). The State of Georgia, Illinois Veterans Home, and other issuing bodies have also procured food products under broader commodity codes. None of these opportunities explicitly reference purees or pureed products as a line item or scope element.

The issuing bodies skew heavily toward K-12 school nutrition programs and state institutional food service (corrections, health and human services, veterans homes), concentrated in Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Illinois. The code shows no recent activity specifically aligned with organic fresh vegetable purees, and pursuing opportunities under this Family code based on the current dataset would require vendors to compete in broader fresh produce, general grocery, and institutional food service categories where puree products do not feature. A vendor specializing in organic vegetable purees should monitor code 50490000 but should not expect near-term RFP or RFQ activity matching the code's nominal scope; alternative commodity codes covering fresh produce, organic goods, or specialty food items may be more productive for market positioning.