UNSPSC 50342803: Frozen desert currants

The variety of currants known as desert currants that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50342803 Frozen desert currants (Commodity) is a narrow product line within state and local government food procurement, but recent solicitations show the code sees minimal direct activity—the state and local contract opportunities in the source do not include a single solicitation explicitly naming currants as a line item. School districts, state health and human services departments, and county corrections facilities dominate food procurement under broader grocery and frozen-food categories, but frozen currants specifically are not appearing in current bids. When frozen fruit appears at all in the opportunities posted, it takes the form of mixed berries, tropical fruit blends, or standardized IQF berries (blackberries, blueberries, strawberries) rather than specialty or single-variety frozen currants.

The source supports active solicitation activity in related frozen-food and produce categories across Texas, Georgia, Florida, California, Missouri, Connecticut, and Oregon—driven by school nutrition programs, state institutional food service (state hospitals, state supported living centers, correctional facilities), and Head Start child care operations—but no recent opportunity explicitly procures frozen desert currants by name or specification. The broader frozen-food codes (50340000 range and grocery/consumables codes under 80000000+) show substantial volume and regular bidding cycles tied to school-year contracts (typically July–June cycles) and state institutional supply agreements with annual or multi-year terms. A firm pursuing currant supply should monitor frozen-berry and specialty-produce line items within school nutrition and institutional food RFPs, as currants would be sourced as part of broader commodity requests rather than standalone solicitations, or consider expanding into complementary frozen fruits, berries, or produce lines where documented state and local demand is visible and consistent.