UNSPSC 50193102: Dessert mix

UNSPSC 50193102 Dessert mix is a Commodity code encompassing prepared and instant dessert products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service operations, including pudding mixes, gelatin dessert powders, ready-to-serve puddings, and related dry dessert base products. Recent solicitations show state agencies and institutional operators buying dessert mixes as part of broader food-service consumables for state hospitals, supported living centers, correctional facilities, veterans' homes, university dining, and jail commissaries. The procurements typically bundle dessert products with other meal components and food supplies rather than as standalone specialty items, though some notices isolate dessert mixes within larger food categories or identify them as line items within multi-hundred-item food-service bids. Issuing bodies include state health and human services departments (Texas HHSC, California DGS), state corrections and criminal justice agencies (Texas TDCJ), state veterans' affairs (Illinois), and university food service operations (University of Wisconsin-Madison). The code sees steady transactional activity across institutional food procurement, though dessert products represent a small to moderate line-item share within much larger food-service contracts.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, California, and Illinois. The State of California Department of General Services issued IFB 0000038924 on April 29, 2026, for pudding mix, gelatin dessert powder, and ready-to-serve pudding in three product groups with estimated annual spending of $300,562.52 (pudding mix), $195,993.00 (gelatin), and $478,122.97 (ready-to-serve pudding), with bids due May 14, 2026, by 2:00 PM PT and a mandatory bidders' conference on May 6, 2026. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued IFB 304T-26-300CF on behalf of TDCJ on May 4, 2026, encompassing approximately 382 food line items including baking supplies and staples used in pudding and dessert preparation, with delivery to six TDCJ warehouse locations across Texas. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission posted multiple bids in May and June 2026 for consumables and food products at state supported living centers and hospitals statewide, with historical contract values reaching $1.5 million annually and maximum potential multi-year values near $4.5 million. The California and Texas procurements include firm fixed pricing, F.O.B. destination delivery, compliance with FDA and USDA standards, and multi-year initial contract terms with optional renewals typical of institutional food-service purchasing.