UNSPSC 50391523: Organic empire apple purees

The variety of organic apples known as organic empire apples which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50391523 Organic empire apple purees (Commodity) covers shelf-stable fruit products that state and local governments procure for institutional food service, particularly school nutrition programs, corrections facilities, and senior services. Recent solicitations show this code capturing canned applesauce, dried fruit bars, fresh and processed apple products, and related commodity fruit items distributed through school kitchens, state-operated facilities, and county social-service centers. The issuing-body mix spans state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Illinois Chief Procurement Office), county boards of education and social services (Gwinnett County, Hancock County), independent school districts (Austin ISD), and municipal government (City of Bridgeport). Repeat buyers include the State of Illinois, which has posted multiple weekly food-service RFPs for state veterans homes, and Texas state agencies serving corrections and health-care facilities.

Activity concentrates in the South and West, with recent opportunities from Georgia, Texas, Oregon, Connecticut, and Illinois. The Oregon Department of Corrections has posted two canned-applesauce ITBs (May 18, 2026 closing June 2, 2026, and July 10, 2026 closing July 31, 2026, each for approximately 1,900–4,760 cases at historical pricing near $21.83–$21.84 per case); the Texas Health and Human Services Commission issued a multi-item supplemental food IFB (May 19, 2026, with March 19, 2026 deadline, potential value $4.5 million over three years) that included fresh and processed fruit; Austin ISD solicited dried fruit bars and apple crisps via RFP (June 26, 2026, proposals due July 16, 2026); and Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia issued an IFB for fresh produce including multiple apple varieties (June 10, 2026, bids due June 26, 2026, contract period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027). Buy American provisions and domestic-content preferences appear frequently; Oregon applies a combined 10% state-goods preference, and school districts enforce the 51% domestic-ingredient threshold under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act. Delivery typically occurs FOB destination to central distribution centers or school nutrition facilities, with contract terms spanning one to three years and pricing submitted as firm fixed rates per unit or case.