UNSPSC 50501706: Dietary fiber supplement

Nutritional 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. Dietary fiber is the edible part of plants or analogous carbohydrates that is resistant to digestion and absorption in the human small intestine, with complete or partial fermentation in the large intestine. Dietary fiber includes polysaccharides, oligosaccharides, lignin, and associated plant substances. Dietary fibers promote beneficial physiologic effects including laxation.

UNSPSC 50501706 Dietary fiber supplement is a Commodity code covering the purchase of fiber-based nutritional supplements by state and local health, welfare, and institutional buyers. State and local governments procure dietary fiber supplements primarily for correctional facilities, long-term care settings, public health programs, and institutional food service operations where fiber supplementation addresses documented nutritional or medical needs within inmate, resident, or patient populations. The code captures both bulk powder formulations and ready-to-consume formats supplied to public institutions on standing or project-based contracts.

The source material contains no recent state or local contract opportunities posted under UNSPSC 50501706. Without posted RFPs, RFQs, or IFBs from state departments, counties, municipalities, or special-purpose districts, the current market activity and geographic concentration cannot be characterized from recent solicitation data.