UNSPSC 50592904: Dried Non GMO green curled chicory

The variety of Non GMO chicory known as Non GMO green curled chicory that has been dried for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50592904 Dried Non GMO green curled chicory is a Commodity code that captures a single ingredient line — dehydrated or preserved leafy greens — that state and local governments source as part of broader food service procurement. However, the recent opportunities block shows no solicitations for dried chicory specifically. Instead, the code appears in a dataset alongside school nutrition and institutional food service RFPs that span dozens or hundreds of line items: breakfast cereals, frozen vegetables, fresh produce, prepared meals, snacks, and dairy products. The mismatch between the narrow commodity scope and the actual procurement activity suggests the code may be tagged incorrectly in one or more of these opportunities, or that dried chicory represents a minor or infrequent line item within larger food service contracts that is not the focus of current solicitation activity.

The recent state and local opportunities in the surrounding dataset span school districts (Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut; Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia; Pascagoula-Gautier School District in Mississippi), county governments (Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners in Florida), state health agencies (Texas Health and Human Services Commission), and state procurement offices (State of Georgia). Geographic spread covers Connecticut, Texas, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi across activity dated June 2026 and earlier. Representative opportunities include the City of Bridgeport's IFB for over 1,100 grocery line items with responses due June 30, 2026; Hancock County Schools' IFB for fresh produce spanning multiple varieties with bids due June 26, 2026; and the Hillsborough County Board's ITB for senior meal preparation and delivery services valued at $17.8 million over three years, due June 25, 2026. No recent opportunities targeting dried non-GMO green curled chicory as a standalone purchase line appear in the source material.