UNSPSC 50493711: Organic venetian italian garlic purees

The variety of organic garlic known as organic venetian italian garlic which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50493711 Organic venetian italian garlic purees is a Commodity code that nominally specifies a single food item, yet the recent state and local opportunities posted under this code show minimal alignment with the narrowly-defined product scope. The code appears in procurement systems but does not surface meaningful recent demand for garlic purees specifically; instead, the tagged opportunities reflect broad food-service contracting for institutional buyers including state health agencies, county governments, school districts, and correctional systems. The actual purchasing activity under this code spans comprehensive food-supply aggregations—full lines of proteins, vegetables, dairy, condiments, prepared items, and food-service consumables—rather than single-ingredient procurement. This mismatch suggests the code may serve as a catch-all categorization within some state and local procurement systems for specialty food items, or that indexing of opportunities to the code lacks precision.

The issuing-body mix reflects state departments (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts for TDCJ, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois state procurement, Georgia state purchasing), county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia), school districts (Ben Hill County Schools and Burke County Public Schools in Georgia), and special-purpose facilities (state supported living centers and state hospitals). Recent activity concentrates in Texas (multiple HHSC and TDCJ solicitations posted June through October 2026), Georgia (Gwinnett County and school district bids in May and June), and Oregon (Department of Corrections canned-tomato procurement in June). Representative opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumable foods at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food products for the Department of Community Services (due October 19, 2026), and the Oregon Department of Corrections' bid for 7,616 cases of canned tomatoes (due June 19, 2026). Contract values where disclosed range from approximately $1.5 million annually (El Paso State Supported Living Center) to $4.5 million over three years (HHSC statewide supplemental food).