UNSPSC 50381927: Gascoyne's scarlet apple purees

The variety of apples known as gascoyne's scarlet apples which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50381927 Gascoyne's scarlet apple purees is a Commodity code. State and local governments soliciting under this code are actually buying shelf-stable processed fruit products—canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and related food commodities—for institutional food service operations including schools, corrections facilities, state-supported living centers, senior services, and county health departments. The nine recent opportunities in the dataset span food supply to corrections systems, school nutrition programs, health and human services facilities, and county social services, with issuing bodies including the Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, multiple independent school districts, state departments, county boards of education, county purchasing offices, and municipal procurement divisions. Work is performed by food distributors and commodity suppliers delivering to centralized warehouse and distribution points or direct to institutional locations.

Recent activity clusters in the Pacific Northwest, Texas, the Southeast (Georgia), Connecticut, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two separate ITBs for canned fruit applesauce in the past six months (S2910000016975, May 2026, and S2910000017453, July 2026), with the July solicitation requesting approximately 4,760 cases at a historical price of $21.84 per case to be delivered in five full truckloads to ODOC's Central Distribution Center in Salem, Oregon. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a large supplemental food and consumables IFB (HHS0016792V2) in May 2026 covering 210 line items including fresh, frozen, and processed fruits across state hospitals and state supported living centers, with a three-year maximum contract value of $4.5 million and delivery within seven days of order. Austin Independent School District posted an RFP (27RFP004) in June 2026 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps with proposals due July 16. Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners in Georgia issued an informal written quote request (PE77023NONST2027000000782) in October 2026 for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items, delivery within 72 hours when possible, and receipt required by December 7, 2026. The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office has been active with multiple quarterly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy under both brand-specific and brand-or-equal specifications (three separate solicitations in June and August 2026). Buy American provisions requiring 51 percent domestic content for processed products and state or local vendor preferences are common across school district and state facility procurements.