UNSPSC 50387536: Star apple purees

The variety of apple which are carambola or starfruits are ovate to ellipsoid, 2-1 2 to 5 inches (6 to 13 cm) in length, with 5 (rarely 4 or 6) prominent longitudinal ribs. Slices cut in cross-section are star shaped. The skin is thin, light to dark yellow and smooth with a waxy cuticle. The flesh is light yellow to yellow, translucent, crisp and very juicy, without fiber. The fruit have a more or less oxalic acid odor and the flavor ranges from very sour to mildly sweet. The so-called sweet types rarely have more than 4% sugar.

There may be up to 12 flat, thin brown seeds 1 4 - 1 2 inch long or none at all. which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50387536 Star apple purees is a Commodity code that state and local governments use to procure fruit and produce-based products for institutional food service, though recent state and local opportunities under this code show limited direct activity specific to star apple purees alone. The work being solicited instead encompasses broader fruit and produce categories—canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, apple crisps, fresh produce, and supplemental food products—that serve correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, state hospitals, and supported living centers. Issuing bodies soliciting under related fruit and produce codes include state corrections departments, school districts (both large consolidated systems and county boards), state health and human services agencies, and transit or municipal entities. Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Austin Independent School District, and school districts in Georgia and Missouri represent recent repeat buyers across institutional food categories that overlap with produce-based commodities.

Geographic activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, Oregon, Connecticut, and Missouri, with the most recent opportunities posted in June and July 2026. Representative recent solicitations include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (bids due July 31, 2026, at $21.84 per case historical pricing); Austin Independent School District RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (proposals due July 16, 2026); and Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products including produce categories to supply state supported living centers (bids due July 13, 2026, with historical contract value of $1.5 million annually). Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia issued IFB #SN002-2027 for over 200 line items of fresh produce including multiple apple varieties and specialty fruits (bids due June 26, 2026), and Douglas County School System in Georgia issued RFP SN 26-004 through the GEC Buying Cooperative for fresh produce and eggs serving 30 districts with estimated annual spending of approximately $5.5 million combined (proposals due March 4, 2026). Buy American requirements and compliance with USDA commodity specifications appear consistently across these solicitations, and most school-based procurements emphasize minimum shelf life, nutritional standards, and delivery to multiple distribution points or individual school sites.