UNSPSC 50340000: Frozen fruit

The ripened seed-bearing part of a plant when fleshy and edible that has been frozen for preservation. Frozen fruits are those that have been cooled to a temperature at which the fruit generally becomes hard or rigid in nature. To qualify as being frozen the fruit should have been subjected to a commercial process for freezing that reached a temperature in excess of -20 degrees Centigrade. Also includes freeze-drying of of these fruits.

UNSPSC 50340000 Frozen fruit is a Family code that encompasses food-service and institutional procurement of frozen fruit products, including frozen sliced or diced apples, mixed berries, and specialty frozen fruit items for state hospitals, supported living centers, school districts, community colleges, and food-distribution programs. State and local buyers procure frozen fruit both as standalone commodity purchases and as part of broader broadline food-service contracts, with products specified to meet USDA commodity standards, FDA safety requirements, and institutional nutrition guidelines. Recent solicitations show frozen fruit appearing as a line-item component in larger food-service RFQs and IFBs, as well as in dedicated commodity procurements such as the Oregon Department of Corrections' August 2026 bid for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples, and as part of Texas Health and Human Services Commission's statewide frozen food product contracts for multiple state facilities. Issuing bodies span state health and human services agencies, state corrections departments, county boards of education, school districts, and regional food-distribution entities; Texas agencies appear as repeat buyers of frozen fruit products integrated into broader food-service categories.

Recent activity concentrates in Texas, Oregon, Georgia, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission has issued multiple FY27 food procurements (IFB HHS0017338, HHS0017660, HHS0017799, HHS0017798, HHS0017449) all incorporating frozen fruit and frozen food products as line items within larger institutional food-service scopes running September 2026 through August 2027 or beyond. The Oregon Department of Corrections posted a dedicated IFB (S2910000017684) in August 2026 for 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples with a due date of August 19, 2026, offering Oregon goods and resident-bidder preferences of 5 percent each. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) solicited fresh produce including some frozen-fruit-adjacent items in June 2026, and Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut) solicited frozen products as part of a broader grocery procurement with a June 30, 2026 deadline. Frozen fruit pricing from prior cycles—such as Oregon's historical rate of $0.797 per pound for 20-pound cases—provides benchmarks for current bids. Product specifications consistently require USDA commodity compliance, minimum shelf life of 80 to 90 days or greater, compliance with Current Good Manufacturing Practice standards, proper labeling with country of origin, and palletized delivery within specified temperature ranges.