UNSPSC 50321573: Dried red gravenstein apples

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

UNSPSC 50321573, Dried red gravenstein apples (Commodity), describes a narrow product line that state and local procurement offices rarely solicit directly by name or varietal specification. Recent opportunities in the source show no active procurement of dried red gravenstein apples specifically; instead, school districts and detention facilities across the country source generic dried fruit as part of broad commodity procurements that mix proteins, fresh produce, grains, and staple items into consolidated annual supply contracts. The code sits at the far tail end of dried-fruit purchasing within school nutrition and institutional food service, where districts typically bid multi-hundred-line grocery contracts covering dozens of product categories and standardize around bulk dried-fruit items such as raisins, cranberries, and mixed tropical blends rather than single-varietal dried apples.

School districts drive the majority of visible state and local procurement activity in dried fruits and nuts, with recent RFPs and IFBs from Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri), Liberty County Board of Education (Georgia), Savannah-Chatham County Public School System (Georgia), and Douglas County School System (Georgia) all requesting consolidated annual food-supply contracts that encompass dried fruits as one commodity among many. The County of Santa Clara, California also solicits dried fruits through its detention-facility food services, requesting dried raisins, cranberries, and tropical fruit mix on a five-year term contract (ITB-PRC-FY26-0617, due February 5, 2026). No recent solicitation names dried red gravenstein apples as a line item; procurement demand appears concentrated in generic dried raisins and cranberries rather than apple varietals. The geographic spread spans Georgia, Virginia, Missouri, California, Connecticut, and Texas, with school districts serving as the primary buying bloc. Frozen and fresh apple varieties appear more commonly in recent RFPs—Hancock County Schools (Georgia) requested multiple fresh apple varieties including Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, and Honey Crisp under IFB #SN002-2027 (due June 26, 2026)—but dried apple specificities remain absent from active market activity in the source record.