UNSPSC 50201715: Fruit tea

A type of food that is processed in liquid form by adding different food or food additive on fruit, fruit juice, fruit meat, fruit skin and others.

UNSPSC 50201715 Fruit tea (Commodity) encompasses ready-to-drink and loose-leaf tea beverages purchased by state and local agencies for institutional food service, including correctional facilities, school cafeterias, and administrative break rooms. The recent solicitations tagged to this code, however, show minimal or no direct activity in fruit tea procurement; instead, state and local buying under broader food-service codes captures tea as an incidental line item within larger beverage and cafeteria-supply contracts. The State of Georgia and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) are among the repeat institutional buyers posting solicitations for food and beverage products, though their notices describe tea only as part of aggregated procurement rather than a dedicated product category.

Activity for fruit tea specifically remains limited in the recent state and local opportunity stream. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts issued an IFB on behalf of TDCJ (No. 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026) for cafeteria food products spanning 382 line items — proteins, dairy, grains, beverages, and condiments — with FOB Destination delivery to six TDCJ distribution points and a contract term through August 31, 2027, plus two optional renewal years; the notice does not itemize fruit tea as a distinct line. The State of Georgia posted a broader food and kitchen supplies request (PE55645NONST2026000000009, due June 22, 2026) without scope detail in the available summary. Geographic activity appears concentrated in Texas and Georgia, though the aggregation of tea into general beverage procurements means fruit tea may be purchased across other states without dedicated code assignment. Business development professionals should monitor institutional food-service and cooperative purchasing vehicles in their target regions for opportunities where tea beverages are separately itemized or where bundled food-service contracts allow line-item bidding.