UNSPSC 50391583: Organic starking apple purees

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

UNSPSC 50391583 Organic starking apple purees, a Commodity code, represents a narrow product line within food service procurement that state and local governments purchase for institutional dining, primarily school nutrition programs and correctional and social-service facilities. Recent solicitations reveal that buyers are acquiring branded or equivalent shelf-stable apple products—canned applesauce, dried apple crisps, and packaged purees—for direct integration into cafeteria meal service, food banks, and supplemental nutrition programs rather than as ingredient-level bulk commodities. The scope reflects actual procurement spanning applesauce in its own juice, light syrup, or water; dried fruit bars with apple content; and fresh-packed varieties meeting USDA canned-fruit commodity specifications with minimum one-year shelf life. Issuing bodies include state departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois Veterans Home system, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), county school districts and independent school districts (Hancock County Board of Education in Georgia, Austin Independent School District in Texas), county government social-service agencies (Gwinnett County Department of Community Services in Georgia), and municipal boards of education (City of Bridgeport Board of Education in Connecticut).

Activity concentrates in the South and Western states, with recent visible procurement from Georgia (Gwinnett County, Hancock County Schools, State of Georgia), Texas (Austin ISD, HHSC, TDCJ), Oregon (Department of Corrections, multiple quarters), Illinois (Veterans Home at Quincy), and Connecticut (City of Bridgeport). Representative recent opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections' ITB S-29100-00017453 for approximately 4,760 cases of canned applesauce (response due July 31, 2026, with historical award at $21.84 per case to Robbins Sales); Austin Independent School District's RFP 27RFP004 for dried fruit bars and apple crisps (due July 16, 2026); Hancock County Board of Education's IFB for fresh produce including multiple apple varieties (due June 26, 2026); and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017449 for food and consumable products including apple products for state-supported living centers (due July 13, 2026, historical annual value approximately $1.5 million). Buy American provisions requiring minimum 51 percent domestic content in processed products appear across school nutrition solicitations; Oregon applies a combined 10 percent preference for goods fabricated or processed in-state and resident bidders.