UNSPSC 50307006: Canistel

The type of fruit known as canistel

UNSPSC 50307006 Canistel is a Commodity code representing a single tropical fruit product. State and local governments purchasing under this code buy specialty tropical fruits—specifically canistel, a lesser-known exotic fruit—almost exclusively through child nutrition and food service procurement channels, chiefly for school breakfast and lunch programs, child care facilities, and correctional institutions. Recent solicitations show that canistel appears incidentally within broader fresh-produce and specialty-fruit acquisitions rather than as a standalone line item; institutional food service purchasing emphasizes volume produce staples (apples, bananas, berries, leafy greens, root vegetables) and eggs with substantially higher case-quantity commitments. The code shows negligible standalone activity relative to wider fresh-produce categories.

No recent state and local solicitation specifically names canistel as a discrete procurement requirement. The most recent opportunities in the dataset—covering school districts, Head Start agencies, county boards of education, municipal departments, and transit authorities from Texas, Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Oregon, and California—request sealed bids and proposals for comprehensive fresh-produce contracts spanning 40–200+ line items each, with estimated annual contract values ranging from roughly $78,000 to $3.1 million. Representative opportunities include Madison Metropolitan School District (RFB 4162, petite bananas, $78,000 estimated annual value, bids due July 29, 2026); Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa (RFP 26039RFQDST, Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program specialty produce, $600,000 estimated annual budget, proposals due March 11, 2026); and the GEC Buying Cooperative covering 30 Georgia school districts (RFP SN 26-004, fresh produce and eggs, approximately $5.5 million combined annual spending across two geographic areas, proposals due March 4, 2026). Canistel does not appear in any specification sheet, line-item list, or scope narrative across these opportunities. Pursuit under this code is not recommended without direct confirmation from a specific issuing body that canistel is a required commodity in an active solicitation.