UNSPSC 50361568: Canned or jarred prime gold apples

The variety of apples known as prime gold apples that have been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50361568 Canned or jarred prime gold apples, a Commodity code, covers canned and jarred fruit products that state and local governments procure primarily for institutional food service—correctional facilities, schools, health and human services centers, and hospitals. Recent solicitations under this code show state and local buyers are acquiring canned applesauce, canned fruit assortments, and related preserved fruit items for feeding operations, not fresh apples. The issuing bodies span state corrections departments, school districts (including large regional cooperatives), state health and human services commissions, boards of education across multiple states, and municipal school systems. Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and school nutrition programs in Austin, Illinois, Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, and across Texas appear as repeat or recent buyers. Geographic activity concentrates in the South and Southeast (Georgia, Texas, Missouri, Connecticut), the Pacific Northwest (Oregon), and the Midwest (Illinois), with school districts driving the bulk of recent solicitations.

Recent opportunities include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (sweetened or unsweetened, smooth or chunky) due July 31, 2026, with a historical price of $21.84 per case and a 10 percent combined Oregon goods and Oregon-headquartered business preference; an earlier Oregon ODOC ITB S2910000016975 in June 2026 for 1,904 cases of canned applesauce at $21.827 per case; Austin Independent School District RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps for food service due July 16, 2026; Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products (including canned fruit under NIGP Class 385, 390, 380, 393) due July 13, 2026, citing a prior contract value of $1.5 million; and Dallas ISD RFP JC250079 for various food products including multiple commodity categories for child nutrition due April 2, 2026. School-based procurements dominate the recent pipeline—Hancock County Schools (Georgia) IFB for fresh produce with multiple apple varieties, Savannah-Chatham County SCCPSS Bid 26-34 for 72 fresh produce items including 21,125 cases of Fuji apples annually, and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) solicitations for grocery items and Net Off Invoice products all posted in March–April 2026. Notably, many recent opportunities tagged under this code actually solicit fresh produce, dried fruit bars, and broader food-supply contracts rather than narrowly canned or jarred apples, suggesting misclassification in state procurement systems. The code shows active demand in school nutrition and institutional food service but appears to see less recent activity for the specific commodity of canned prime gold apples than for applesauce, canned fruit assortments, and fresh or processed fruit alternatives.