UNSPSC 50387603: Nero chokeberry purees

The variety of chokeberries known as nero chokeberries which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50387603 Nero chokeberry purees (Commodity) shows minimal alignment with actual state and local procurement activity. The code nominally describes a specialized fruit purée product, but the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations for nero chokeberry purees or closely related concentrated berry products. Instead, the tagged opportunities span canned applesauce (Oregon Department of Corrections), dried fruit bars and apple crisps (Austin Independent School District), and broad-based food service procurements for state facilities, school districts, and corrections departments across Texas, Georgia, Missouri, and Connecticut. These solicitations address commodity-scale food supply for institutional food service operations—canned fruits, fresh produce, proteins, dairy, grains, and consumable supplies—rather than specialty purée ingredients or artisanal fruit preparations. The mismatch between the code's narrow product scope and the diversity of food-service commodities actually being solicited suggests either miscoding at source or that the code is rarely used for state and local food procurement.

State and local issuing bodies pursuing food service contracts cluster around school districts (Rockwood R-VI, Hancock County Schools, Austin ISD, Savannah-Chatham County, Fairfax County, Liberty County Schools, Muscogee County Schools, Dallas ISD, Douglas County Schools), state corrections and health departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas HHSC, Georgia Department of Health and Human Services), and municipal school boards (Bridgeport Board of Education). Recent opportunities carry response dates between February and July 2026, with IFB and RFP methods predominating. Geographic concentration appears in Texas (HHSC, TDCJ, Dallas ISD), Georgia (Hancock, Liberty, Muscogee, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County schools), and scattered activity in Oregon, Connecticut, Missouri, and Illinois. Representative examples include Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S-29100-00017453 for 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (due July 31, 2026), Douglas County School System RFP SN 26-004 for fresh produce and eggs across 30 districts with estimated annual spending of $5.5 million (due March 4, 2026), and Texas HHSC IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products to supply the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million (due July 13, 2026). If pursuing activity under this code, monitor school-district cooperative procurements and state institutional food service RFPs rather than expect specialty fruit products to be the primary target.