Vegetable Based Products / Meals - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable): version 1

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# Vegetable Based Products / Meals - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable) <!--category-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Vegetable Based Products / Meals - Ready to Eat (Shelf Stable)
gpc_code: 10000288
gpc_level: brick
parent: category/50193100
gpc_publication: 286 GPC as of May 2026
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## About <!--about-->
Includes any products that can be described/observed as a vegetable based ready to eat, prepared/ processed product, such as Potato, Cabbage, Eggplant or any other vegetable with other ingredients, such as meat, poultry, fish,  and/or seasoning. An optional seasoning/flavour packet may be present. These ingredients form a valuable part of the product such as Tuna in a Tuna Salad or Ham with Potatoes. These products may have a main component which is considered a meal without any additional components. These products must not include any Dough Based, Grain Based, Dairy/Egg Based products. They may or may not contain a sauce. Products include ready to eat salads where the main ingredient is any type of vegetable. These products do not require cooking prior to consumption, but some products can be eaten hot after reheating. These products have been treated or packaged in such a way as to extend their consumable life. Includes ready to eat shelf stable Ready-Made Meals where a Vegetable Based Product is the primary ingredient.

### Excludes

Excludes Ready-Made Combination Meals. Specifically excludes all prepared and processed and unprepared and unprocessed vegetables to which no recipe has been applied.Excludes products such as Perishable Ready to Eat and all Not Ready to Eat Vegetable Based Prepared/Processed Products and all Prepared and Processed Vegetables.
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