UNSPSC 50331524: Dried organic flower of kent apples

The variety of organic apples known as organic flower of kent apples that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50331524 Dried organic flower of kent apples is a Commodity code that captures fresh and processed produce procurement for school nutrition programs and institutional food service operations. However, the recent opportunities indexed under this code show minimal alignment with the specific commodity name — the Hancock County Schools fresh-produce IFB specifies multiple apple varieties (Ambrosia, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Honey Crisp, Jazz) but does not single out dried kent apple flowers or dried apples as a distinct line item. The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Board of Education Nutrition Center IFB and the State of Georgia commodities bid both target broader food-service procurement (eggs, poultry, cheese, beef, and fruit and vegetable products in Bridgeport; unspecified categories in Georgia). School districts and institutional food-service operations—particularly state agencies managing cafeteria supplies and board of education nutrition centers—dominate the recent issuing bodies. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Statewide Procurement Division, in contrast, solicited cafeteria food products including proteins, frozen entrees, dairy, grains, beverages, canned and fresh vegetables, and fruits for TDCJ distribution across five geographic areas, which is broader institutional food service rather than school nutrition. A single TDCJ procurement for whole pitted dried prunes (Bid IW236532, due February 20, 2026) more directly addresses dried fruit, though still not the specific kent apple flower variety.

Recent activity clusters in Georgia (Hancock County Schools IFB posted June 10, 2026; State of Georgia food-supplies bid posted May 15, 2026 with June 22 response), Connecticut (City of Bridgeport posted June 2, 2026 with June 26 response), and Texas (TDCJ cafeteria food IFB posted May 4, 2026 with May 4 due date and extended to May 4, 2026 via addendum; TDCJ prunes bid posted April 23, 2026). All school-nutrition and state-agency solicitations invoke Buy American provisions requiring at least 51 percent domestic agricultural commodity content in processed products. This code shows modest recent activity, and the opportunities posted do not substantively feature dried organic flower of kent apples as a contracted line item — the code's nominal scope diverges from what is actually being solicited under it at present.