UNSPSC 50501510: Vitamin C supplement

Vitamin supplements are used to ensure that adequate amounts of nutrients are obtained on a daily basis, if optimal amounts cannot be obtained through a varied diet. Vitamin C (or L-ascorbic acid, or ascorbate (the anion of ascorbic acid)) is an essential nutrient for humans and certain other animal species. Vitamin C refers to a number of vitamers that have vitamin C activity in animals, including ascorbic acid and its salts, and some oxidized forms of the molecule like dehydroascorbic acid.

UNSPSC 50501510 Vitamin C supplement is a Commodity code covering the procurement of vitamin C nutritional supplements by state and local health departments, correctional facilities, school districts, and other public agencies. State and local governments purchase vitamin C supplements for distribution through public health programs, inmate wellness initiatives, school nutrition programs, and institutional dietary support. The code encompasses tablets, capsules, powders, and other formulations of ascorbic acid or vitamin C compounds supplied to public facilities and populations served by government programs.

The source provides no recent state and local contract opportunities tagged to this code. Without posted solicitations, issuing-body concentration, geographic distribution, and current market activity under UNSPSC 50501510 cannot be characterized.