UNSPSC 50425503: Dried cheese peppers

The variety of peppers known as cheese peppers that have been dried for preservation.

UNSPSC 50425503 Dried cheese peppers, a Commodity code, covers specialty food ingredients that state and local governments procure for institutional food service—primarily school districts, corrections departments, and child nutrition programs. Recent solicitations under this code show minimal direct purchasing activity; the code itself appears to see limited standalone demand in state and local procurement. The most recent opportunities in the dataset are dominated by broader food service categories such as fresh produce, dried beans, and cafeteria staple items, rather than the specific dried cheese pepper commodity. One representative opportunity—the City of Edinburg's CACFP Meal Program (RFP 2026017, due August 4, 2026)—encompasses food products including vegetables and snacks for child nutrition, but does not isolate dried cheese peppers as a line item. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice's cafeteria food products solicitation (IFB 304T26300CF, response date May 4, 2026) covers hundreds of line items across proteins, grains, and condiments but does not itemize dried cheese peppers specifically.

State and local purchasing under dried cheese peppers appears concentrated among institutional food service operators—school districts (Fairfax County Public Schools, Rockwood R-VI, Douglas County School System, Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Muscogee County School District in Virginia and Missouri and Georgia), corrections departments (Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and child nutrition programs. Geographic activity spans Texas, Missouri, Georgia, Virginia, and Oregon, reflecting distributed school nutrition procurement across multiple states. However, the code itself does not surface as a distinct procurement category in recent solicitations; dried legumes (pinto and red beans) and fresh produce dominate the recent opportunities, and any dried pepper purchasing appears to roll into broader "food products" or "grocery items" line-item categories within those RFPs and IFBs. Vendors pursuing this commodity should monitor institutional food service RFPs from large school districts and state correctional facilities but recognize that purchasing likely occurs through bundled food service contracts rather than standalone dried cheese pepper solicitations.