UNSPSC 50321565: Dried pippin apples

The variety of apples known as pippin apples that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50321565 Dried pippin apples (Commodity) represents a narrow product line within state and local food procurement, with minimal recent solicitation activity directly targeting this specific dried fruit commodity. The recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly requesting dried pippin apples; instead, state and local procurement offices are acquiring dried fruits and nuts as part of broader fresh and processed produce buys for school nutrition programs and correctional facilities, and when dried fruits appear, the requests typically specify dried raisins, cranberries, or tropical fruit blends rather than dried apples by varietal name. The single tangentially related opportunity is Santa Clara County's January 2026 ITB for dried fruits and nuts to the Elmwood Correctional Facility, which listed dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix but made no mention of apples or apple products.

State and local procurement under broader produce codes demonstrates sustained activity in school districts (Hancock County Schools in Georgia, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia, Liberty County Schools in Georgia, Savannah-Chatham County Schools in Georgia, Rockwood R-VI Schools in Missouri, and Douglas County Schools in Georgia) and correctional departments (Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Santa Clara County Sheriff Department), with fresh apple varieties (Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Ambrosia) appearing frequently in school nutrition RFPs and IFBs posted between January and June 2026, but dried apples do not surface as a named line item in any of the ten recent opportunities reviewed. The geographic concentration of school-based food procurement spans Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, Connecticut, and Texas. If your firm supplies dried pippin apples to regional food distributors, correction facilities, or institutional buyers, this code may be a valid downstream category; however, the evidence does not support direct state and local demand for dried pippin apples as a stand-alone procurement line item at this time. Monitor broader dried fruit and processed fruit commodity codes and school nutrition produce solicitations for opportunities to bundle dried apple products within larger institutional food supply contracts.