UNSPSC 50341547: Frozen jonathan apples

The variety of apples known as jonathan apples that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50341547 Frozen jonathan apples, a Commodity code, represents a niche agricultural product that state and local governments buy infrequently and in small volumes compared to broader frozen-produce or institutional-food categories. Recent state and local solicitations show the code is rarely tagged in isolation; when frozen apple products appear, they are typically embedded within larger food-service or commodity-supply contracts covering dozens or hundreds of line items. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued a direct solicitation for approximately 40,000 pounds of frozen sliced or diced apples (S2910000017684, due August 19, 2026), making it the only standalone frozen-apple procurement identified in the recent opportunity set. Beyond that, frozen apples surface as one item among many in Texas Health and Human Services Commission contracts for state hospitals and supported living centers, in school district nutrition programs, and in county or state food-distribution contracts—but rarely as the primary or differentiating commodity. Where frozen apples do appear, they are specified to meet USDA commodity standards or Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act nutrition requirements, with diced varieties requiring minimum 3/8-inch cuts and solid-frozen delivery temperatures not exceeding 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

Issuing bodies pursuing frozen-apple buys span state institutional-food programs (Texas HHSC for hospitals and supported living centers, Oregon Department of Corrections), school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Early County Board of Education in Georgia, Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut, Head Start of Greater Dallas), county nutrition-assistance and food-distribution divisions (New Jersey Division of Family Development, Collier County), and municipal or county purchasing offices supporting community programs. Texas dominates recent activity, with multiple HHSC solicitations covering frozen-food product lines that include apples alongside vegetables, proteins, and prepared items. The Oregon solicitation and Hancock County fresh-produce bid (which sought fresh apples across multiple varieties) represent the geographic spread in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast. The overwhelming pattern shows frozen apples embedded in cost-plus institutional feeding rather than as specialty-market procurement—pricing historically tracked at $0.797 per pound in the Oregon market as of September 2024, with firm-fixed or cost-plus unit rates typical across public-sector contracts. Opportunity frequency and dollar volume remain modest; no single frozen-jonathan-apple contract identified in the recent window exceeded a few thousand dollars in line-item value.