UNSPSC 50387514: Hawthorn purees

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

UNSPSC 50387514 Hawthorn purees, a Commodity code, reflects state and local government purchases of prepared fruit products—primarily canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh produce, and mixed food commodities—for school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, senior services, and state-supported living centers. The code shows activity across a mix of issuing bodies including school districts (Austin Independent School District, Hancock County Board of Education, Bridgeport Board of Education), state agencies (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county governments (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Hancock County Board of Education), and municipal purchasing offices (City of Bridgeport). Recent solicitations span food-service contracting for institutional meal programs, with representative opportunities including Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 (informal written quotes for 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items including sauces and canned products, due October 19, 2026), Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 (4,760 cases of canned applesauce, bids due July 31, 2026, with a 10% preference for Oregon goods and processors), and Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 (food and consumable products for El Paso State Supported Living Center, proposals due July 13, 2026, with historical annual value of $1.5 million).

The code shows significant geographic activity across Georgia, Oregon, Texas, Illinois, and Connecticut within the period June–October 2026. Most recent opportunities emphasize Buy American or domestic-content compliance, ranging from the 51% domestic ingredient requirement in school lunch procurement (Bridgeport, Connecticut; Hancock County, Georgia) to explicit Oregon-processor preferences in corrections supply. Pricing is typically firm fixed for the contract term or subject to CPI-indexed adjustment; delivery is FOB Destination with prepaid freight to institutional distribution centers or school warehouses. School nutrition programs and corrections facilities dominate the issuing-body mix, with the State of Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy and Texas Department of Criminal Justice appearing as repeat customers. Many solicitations specify brand-or-equal substitution allowances and require USDA commodity compliance or grade specifications. This code does not show substantial activity under the nominal "hawthorn purees" category; the actual procurement reflects broader institutional food-service supply contracting in which applesauce, dried fruit, fresh produce, and mixed consumables are line items within larger multi-category food bids rather than standalone hawthorn-specific products.