UNSPSC 50405713: Perricholi potatoe

A recently developed variety of potatoe popular in Peru. Papa Perrichilo, named after the stage actress Michaela Villegas, is similar to the Papa Blanca (white potato); sweet and watery, ideal for frying. Because it does not change color or get brownish after peeling the Papa Perricholi is often used in commercial kitchens, restaurants and for industrially made French fries.

UNSPSC 50405713 Perricholi potatoe is a Commodity code for specialty potato varieties that state and local governments procure directly for institutional food service, though the recent activity on this code shows minimal alignment between the nominal classification and actual purchasing patterns. School districts, county education boards, and other child nutrition programs are the primary issuing bodies driving produce procurement activity in the source data, but they are soliciting fresh produce broadly—apples, carrots, leafy greens, tomatoes, berries, and mixed fruits and vegetables—rather than ordering potatoes by varietal name. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has posted multiple bids for carrots, white potatoes, and sweet potatoes for institutional canning and food service (IFB IW253099, IW253121, IW241979-A, IW242176), and state-level Georgia procurement has called for fresh produce generically (PE55645, PE55391, PE66310), but none of these opportunities specify Perricholi potatoes or link to the specific cultivar embedded in this code.

The geographic spread shows concentrated recent activity in Texas, Georgia, and Florida, with school districts in Savannah-Chatham, Dougherty, Glynn, Bryan, Bulloch, Liberty, Muscogee, Henry, Douglas, and other Georgia counties posting sealed-bid and RFP procurements for fresh produce and school nutrition items between February and July 2026. Texas TDCJ procurements and the Comptroller's Statewide Procurement Division (IFB 304T-26-300CF for cafeteria food products) represent the largest institutional buyers, while Texas and Florida school districts (Northside ISD in San Antonio, Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, McAllen ISD, Austin ISD) are executing substantial annual produce contracts with multiple-year renewal options. The Meriden Public Schools procurement in Connecticut (RFP 026-41) budgets approximately $3.1 million annually for groceries and produce. Representative recent procurements include Dougherty County Board of Education's sealed-bid for fresh produce (40 line items, bids due June 16, 2026), Bryan County School Nutrition's produce bid for school year 2026-2027 (sealed bid due May 27, 2026), and the Hillsborough County Public Schools Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program solicitation (RFP 26039RFQDST, proposals due March 11, 2026 to serve approximately 18 elementary schools). The code shows little specific recent activity for Perricholi potatoes; buyers are acquiring potatoes, carrots, and other root vegetables as generic commodity line items within larger fresh-produce contracts rather than as named cultivar procurements, suggesting the code may be underutilized or misaligned with how state and local nutrition programs actually tag their solicitations.