UNSPSC 50387501: Akee purees

The variety of fruit known as akee which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50387501 Akee purees (Commodity) shows minimal alignment with recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes akee puree as a specific fruit product, but the recent opportunities indexed to this code procure shelf-stable and fresh food items for institutional food service — school nutrition programs, corrections departments, state-supported living centers, senior services, and veterans homes — with no mention of akee or akee-based products in any of the eleven solicitations posted between May and October 2026. The actual work being solicited includes canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, fresh produce (apples, berries, citrus, leafy greens, root vegetables), and broad commodity food bundles (proteins, dairy, condiments, pantry staples) delivered under firm fixed pricing to central distribution centers and facility kitchens, typically within 45 to 72 hours of order placement and with FOB Destination, prepaid freight terms.

Issuing bodies span state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, State of Illinois, State of Georgia), counties (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia), cities (City of Bridgeport, Connecticut), school districts (Austin Independent School District, Bridgeport Board of Education), and state agency specialized facilities (Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy, Texas Department of Criminal Justice). The geographic spread concentrates in the South and West — Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Illinois, and Connecticut dominate the recent block — with no activities indexed to this code in the upper Midwest or Northeast outside Connecticut. Representative recent opportunities include Gwinnett County's informal written quote for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items (IWQ 140229, due October 19, 2026), Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce in five truck loads (ITB S-29100-00017453, due July 31, 2026), and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB for supplemental food and consumables across 210 line items serving state hospitals and supported living centers statewide (IFB HHS0016792v2, due March 19, 2026 — now closed). This code warrants skip or watch status; the nominal commodity (akee puree) does not appear in actual buying patterns, and the broader food-service category it may inadvertently capture is fragmented across numerous competing solicitations with no clear repeat-buyer concentration that would signal stable pipeline activity.