UNSPSC 50202501: Blackberry concentrate

A condensed liquid form of blackberrys which has had the majority of its base component, primarily water, removed.

UNSPSC 50202501 Blackberry concentrate is a Commodity code. State and local governments procuring under this code primarily buy milk, dairy products, juices, fresh produce, and packaged food items for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and state-supported institutions rather than blackberry concentrate specifically. The mix of issuing bodies reflects the operational scope of child nutrition and institutional food service: school districts dominate recent activity, with additional procurement from state health and human services agencies managing hospital and correctional-facility meal programs, county boards of education, and city school systems. School nutrition programs account for the preponderance of visible recent solicitation volume, driven by the National School Lunch Program and Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal requirements that obligate districts to source compliance-certified food products on annual or multi-year cycles. State institutions—Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of Mental Health—represent a secondary but steady procurement channel for institutional food service.

Recent opportunities span Texas, Connecticut, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Florida, Missouri, and Illinois. Representative recent solicitations include the City of Edinburg, Texas Child and Adult Care Food Program (RFP 2026-017, due August 4, 2026), requesting milk, juice, proteins, dairy, fruits, and vegetables to serve 400 children daily across five supply categories with local-vendor preference; the Pinellas County School District in Florida (IFB 26JG021, due June 11, 2026) for milk, dairy, and juice products across approximately 117 facilities over a two-year initial term valued at $22.5 million; and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (IFB HHS0017418, due July 15, 2026) for statewide dairy products and juices to state hospitals and supported living centers with an estimated $1.6 million annual value. The code itself does not reflect the actual procurement focus—milk, juice, fresh produce, and general grocery items drive activity far more than blackberry concentrate, indicating a potential UNSPSC classification misalignment in how this code is being tagged by issuing bodies.