UNSPSC 50371500: Canned or jarred organic apples

The fleshy usually rounded and red, yellow, or green edible pome fruit of a tree (genus malus) of the rose family that has been canned or jarred for preservation.

UNSPSC 50371500 Canned or jarred organic apples is a Class code that describes shelf-stable apple products in rigid containers procured by state and local governments primarily for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, veterans' homes, and human services facilities. The opportunities under this code reveal that state and local buyers source canned applesauce, dried apple products, and fresh apples through this taxonomy, though the recent activity block shows limited solicitations tagged explicitly to the organic canned-apple commodity. Instead, apples and apple products appear as line items within broader food-procurement RFPs and IFBs that span multiple produce categories, proteins, and shelf-stable items. Issuing bodies include state departments (corrections, health and human services, veterans affairs), county boards of education, independent school districts, and county purchasing offices. School nutrition programs and state institutional facilities (prisons, veterans' homes, state-supported living centers) account for the dominant share of recent procurement activity.

Geographic spread centers on Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Illinois, and Connecticut, with recent opportunities also posted by Arizona and other states. Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 (Fruit Applesauce) due July 31, 2026, seeking approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce with delivery to Salem, Oregon, with historical pricing at $21.84 per case and a 10 percent combined Oregon-goods preference; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 (Food and Consumable Products for HHSC El Paso State Supported Living Center) due July 13, 2026, covering food and consumable products with historical value of $1.5 million annually; and the Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP004 (Dried Fruit Bars and Apple Crisps for Food Service) due July 16, 2026, for delivery to the district's central warehouse. The Texas Comptroller on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF (Cafeteria Food Products) with an extended deadline of May 4, 2026, encompassing approximately 382 line items across five geographic areas. Buy American provisions requiring domestic sourcing are standard in school nutrition procurements, and most solicitations impose firm fixed pricing for initial contract terms with renewal options ranging from one to two years.