UNSPSC 50347025: Frozen plantains

The type of fruit known as plantain that has been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50347025 Frozen plantains (Commodity) sees modest recent activity concentrated in school nutrition procurement, where state and local governments buy frozen produce items as components of broader food-service contracts for K-12 child nutrition programs and institutional food service. The code does not appear as a standalone line item in any recent solicitation; instead, frozen plantains surface as individual stock-keeping units within larger grocery, produce, or frozen-food categories where school districts and state health agencies source multiple frozen commodities. School districts across Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, Texas, and California dominate the issuing-body mix, along with state health and human services commissions that procure food for institutional facilities including state hospitals and supported living centers. Smaller volumes appear in Head Start child care program procurement and county correctional facilities.

Representative recent activity includes the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017660 for FY27 groceries at Big Spring State Hospital (due July 27, 2026), which covers 110 line items spanning frozen foods, proteins, and prepared items on a blanket contract basis; the City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' IFB for grocery items supporting the Board of Education's Food & Nutrition Services (due June 30, 2026), encompassing over 1,100 line items with frozen-product categories and Buy American compliance at 51 percent domestic agricultural content; and Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce (due June 26, 2026) covering 200+ produce line items with firm pricing and F.O.B. destination delivery to three school locations. Frozen plantains, when procured, appear within these broad frozen-vegetable or prepared-food subcategories as part of standardized school nutrition menus rather than as specialty or premium procurement targets. The code shows little evidence of being actively pursued as a discrete commodity outside institutional and school food service; demand appears stable but low-visibility relative to higher-volume frozen or fresh produce categories.