UNSPSC 50322500: Dried cherries

Any of numerous trees and shrubs (genus prunus) of the rose family that bear pale yellow to deep red or blackish smooth-skinned drupes enclosing a smooth seed and that include some cultivated for their fruits or ornamental flowers that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50322500 Dried cherries (Class) encompasses dried fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for school nutrition programs and correctional facility food services. Recent solicitations show purchasing of dried cherries alongside other dried fruits—raisins, cranberries, tropical fruit blends, walnuts, and pecans—typically in bulk cases for institutional meal preparation and inmate or student nutrition programs. The code sits within a broader institutional food procurement landscape dominated by school districts and corrections departments, where dried fruits serve as shelf-stable components of menu planning and nutritional compliance.

Activity under this code concentrates in school districts across Georgia and California, with secondary activity in Texas and Connecticut. The County of Santa Clara, California issued an ITB for dried fruits and nuts (including dried cranberries) due February 5, 2026, specifying annual volumes of 1,000 cases of dried cranberries and 5,880 cases of raisins for Elmwood Correctional Facility. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited fresh produce including berries in an IFB due June 26, 2026, though that notice emphasizes fresh rather than dried product lines. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued a procurement for cafeteria food products (ITB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026) encompassing approximately 382 line items across diverse categories; dried fruits do not appear as a primary focus in that solicitation. Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia and Rockwood R-VI School District in Missouri both issued broad grocery and food product solicitations (IFBs 2000004323 and CHILDNUTRITIONSERVICESGROCERYITEMS20262027, due April 27 and April 29, 2026 respectively) spanning hundreds of line items, but neither explicitly lists dried cherries or other dried fruits as discrete line items in available documentation. The code shows limited recent dedicated-line-item solicitation activity for dried cherries specifically; most activity appears nested within multi-category food procurement notices rather than standalone dried-fruit tenders.