UNSPSC 50361521: Canned or jarred early mcintosh apples

The variety of apples known as early mcintosh apples that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50361521 Canned or jarred early McIntosh apples, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within the broader food-service procurement landscape, though recent state and local activity tagged under this code shows minimal direct demand for the specific commodity and instead captures tangential or misaligned opportunities. The code nominally describes a single processed-fruit product, yet the recent solicitations in the dataset span canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce staples, institutional food service contracts, and school nutrition supplies—only a fraction of which align with canned or jarred apples specifically. State and local buyers under food-service and school nutrition budgets do procure processed fruits as part of broader commodity food contracts, but the narrowness of this Commodity code designation appears to capture only the smallest subset of such activity.

The issuing-body mix reflects routine school district and state-agency procurement: Oregon Department of Corrections, Austin Independent School District, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Hancock County Board of Education, City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases, and multiple other school systems and county boards of education across Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Connecticut dominate the recent-opportunities block. Geographic spread spans Oregon, Texas, Illinois, Georgia, Connecticut, and Missouri, with no dominant state concentration. A single representative opportunity directly relevant to canned fruit is Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 (posted July 10, 2026; due July 31, 2026) for canned applesauce—4,760 cases delivered in five truckloads to Salem, Oregon, with historical pricing at $21.84 per case and a 10 percent combined Oregon-goods and Oregon-headquartered-bidder preference. However, the code's recent activity is sparse; most tagged opportunities address broader food-service procurement in which canned or processed fruits appear as one line item among hundreds rather than as a standalone commodity. The code shows little specialized opportunity concentration and does not appear to merit pursuit as a dedicated focus area absent visibility into school or institutional nutrition RFPs that explicitly bid canned apples as a discrete line item.