UNSPSC 50381944: Jester apple purees

The variety of apples known as jester apples which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50381944 Jester apple purees is a Commodity code covering shelf-stable and fresh apple products — applesauce, dried apple crisps, and fresh apples — procured by state agencies, county boards of education, school districts, and municipal nutrition centers. State and local governments buy these items primarily for institutional food service operations serving correctional facilities, state-supported living centers, senior services programs, and K–12 school nutrition operations. Recent solicitations show demand spanning canned applesauce (USDA commodity-compliant formulations), dried fruit bars and apple crisps for school breakfast and lunch programs, fresh apple varieties for cafeteria produce lines, and bulk applesauce in cases for senior nutrition programs. Issuing bodies include state departments of corrections and health and human services, boards of education (county and independent school district), county commissioners' offices, and municipal procurement divisions. The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office and the Oregon Department of Corrections appear repeatedly in recent activity, each issuing multiple RFPs and ITBs for food items within this family over the June–August 2026 period.

Recent activity is geographically distributed across the Southeast, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and Midwest. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITBs for canned applesauce in May and July 2026 (due dates June 2 and July 31, 2026, respectively), with historical pricing around $21.83–$21.84 per case and a 10 percent preference for Oregon-fabricated goods and resident bidders. The State of Illinois Chief Procurement Office posted multiple brand-specific and brand-or-equal weekly food orders for the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy in June and August 2026. Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia) requested bids on fresh produce including multiple apple varieties for the 2026–27 school year (due June 26, 2026), and Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (Georgia) solicited shelf-stable food items including apple products for senior services delivery to the Gwinnett Senior Services Center (due October 19, 2026). Austin Independent School District issued an RFP for dried fruit bars and apple crisps for food service (due July 16, 2026). Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a statewide supplemental food and consumables IFB covering 210 line items (due March 19, 2026) and a state-supported living center food IFB (due July 13, 2026). The City of Bridgeport, Connecticut Department of Public Purchases requested bids on food commodities including fruit and vegetable products for the Board of Education Nutrition Center (due June 26, 2026).