UNSPSC 50343306: Frozen rio red grapefruit

The variety of grapefruit known as rio red grapefruit that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50343306 Frozen Rio Red Grapefruit (Commodity) covers specialized fresh fruit products for state and local institutional food service, though recent solicitations show the code sees limited direct application in active state and local procurement. The few opportunities tagged with this code reflect a broader pattern of state and local agencies procuring frozen and fresh produce under broader grocery, food service, and nutrition codes rather than narrow commodity-level codes. School districts, state health and human services agencies, county correctional facilities, and child nutrition programs dominate the institutional food service market, but they typically solicit frozen fruit, berries, and mixed produce under family-level or class-level codes that encompass multiple commodity types—not single-fruit line items. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued an ITB in April 2026 for frozen fruit berries (40,000 pounds of unsweetened, Grade A or B individually quick frozen varieties including blackberries, blueberries, and strawberries), with pricing at roughly $0.89 per pound and delivery to the Central Distribution Center in Salem. That procurement is representative of the work actually being bought under broader frozen-fruit categories in state and local procurement, even if the specific frozen-grapefruit line item rarely appears as a standalone solicitation.

Geographic activity is concentrated in Texas (state health and human services agencies), Georgia (school districts), and scattered county and municipal systems across the nation. No recent opportunities explicitly named frozen Rio Red grapefruit as a required line item; procurement activity instead aggregates frozen fruit, fresh produce, and grocery items into broader bids where individual commodity codes serve as classification tags rather than scope drivers. Vendors pursuing institutional food service contracts should monitor family-level codes spanning frozen fruit, fresh produce, and specialty food items, as well as school nutrition and state institutional food service RFPs, rather than wait for commodity-specific solicitations under this code.