UNSPSC 50382405: Chester blackberry purees

The variety of blackberries known as chester blackberries which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50382405 Chester blackberry purees (Commodity) represents a narrow food-service consumable category that state and local governments purchase sporadically for institutional feeding programs, though recent solicitation activity under this code is minimal and largely misaligned with the code's nominal scope. The few opportunities that reference this code or similar fruit-product categories typically involve canned or fresh fruit procurement for school nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and state health agencies, but the solicitations in the recent record emphasize broader fruit and produce categories — applesauce, fresh produce, and mixed grocery items — rather than blackberry purees specifically. State and local buyers in this space include school districts, state departments of corrections, state health and human services agencies, and regional education cooperatives, with purchasing concentrated among large institutional food-service operations serving 6,900 to 32,000 daily meals.

Recent opportunities tagged to adjacent fruit-product codes show activity across Oregon, Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut, and other states. The Oregon Department of Corrections issued ITB S-29100-00017453 on July 10, 2026, for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (not blackberry purees) with bids due July 31, 2026, and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission procured supplemental food and consumable products statewide under IFB HHS0016792, with a maximum potential value of $4,500,000 over three years and a response deadline of February 23, 2026. Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia solicited over 200 line items of fresh produce under IFB SN002-2027 with bids due June 26, 2026, and Douglas County School System in Georgia issued RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs with an estimated annual spend of $4.4 million for Area One. The code itself shows no recent, specific demand for Chester blackberry purees; opportunities are trending instead toward mainstream commodity fruits, fresh produce, and mixed grocery bundles for institutional meal service.