UNSPSC 50625707: Non GMO kelp purees

The variety of Non GMO sea vegetables known as Non GMO kelp. 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 50625707 Non GMO kelp purees is a Commodity code that sees minimal relevant recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes specialty kelp products, but the recent opportunities posted under this code show no purchases of kelp purees or kelp-based ingredients. Instead, the opportunities reflect routine food-service procurement by state agencies, school districts, and corrections departments for standard grocery items—canned tomatoes, fresh produce, eggs, dairy, proteins, and prepared foods for institutional feeding. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and the actual work being solicited suggests either miscoding by issuing bodies or that non-GMO kelp purees do not represent a meaningful procurement category in state and local government food service at this time.

Recent opportunities span multiple states and issuing-body types: the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Home, Georgia school districts (Ben Hill County, Liberty County, Muscogee County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County), Missouri school districts (Rockwood), and Virginia school districts (Fairfax County). Representative solicitations include the Texas HHSC's supplemental food and consumables IFB (HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026) covering 60 state facilities statewide with an estimated prior-year value of $1.5 million, the Oregon Department of Corrections' canned tomato ITB (S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026) for approximately 7,616 cases at a prior price of $13.75 per case, and Fairfax County Public Schools' Master Grocery K-12 IFB (2000004323, due April 27, 2026) supplying 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens. The activity suggests that state-level procurement offices, corrections departments, school nutrition programs, and health and human services agencies are the primary issuing bodies, with school districts particularly active across Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia. If your firm supplies specialty food ingredients like non-GMO kelp purees to institutional food-service vendors, monitor these school district and state agency RFPs as downstream opportunities with your distributor customers, but direct government procurement under this specific code does not appear actionable at present.