UNSPSC 50425516: Dried cascabel peppers

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

UNSPSC 50425516 Dried cascabel peppers is a Commodity code that represents a narrow food ingredient category with minimal recent state and local procurement activity. The single specific recent opportunity tagging this code was the City of Edinburg, Texas's RFP 2026-017 for a Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) meal service, posted July 16, 2026, with proposals due August 4, 2026; that solicitation encompassed a broad five-category food and supplies scope (beverages, paper goods, food products, janitorial supplies, and nonfood items) rather than dried peppers specifically. The remaining recent opportunities in the dataset — bids by Oregon Department of Corrections and Illinois for dried beans and weekly food orders, Georgia and Texas state agencies for general food supplies and cafeteria products, and multiple school districts across Texas, Virginia, Missouri, and Georgia for fresh produce, grocery items, and food distribution — are tagged under broader or unrelated UNSPSC codes and do not substantively reference dried cascabel peppers or similar specialty dried chiles.

No dedicated procurement activity for dried cascabel peppers appears in recent state and local solicitations. The code itself describes a specific dried chile variety that state and local agencies rarely procure as a line item; when dried chiles or specialty peppers appear in school nutrition or correctional facility food service, they are typically bundled into larger grocery or food supply contracts rather than sourced as standalone ingredients. Firms pursuing this code should expect sporadic and small-volume opportunities embedded within broader food service RFPs and IFBs issued by school districts, state corrections departments, and other institutional food programs in Texas, the Southwest, and states with significant Hispanic populations where dried cascabel peppers feature in culturally relevant meal planning. The code does not currently show active, dedicated solicitation activity that would support consistent business development effort.