UNSPSC 50443407: Frozen crystal apple cucumbers

The variety of cucumbers known as crystal apple cucumbers that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50443407 Frozen crystal apple cucumbers (Commodity) does not see meaningful recent activity in state and local procurement. The code nominally describes a single frozen vegetable product line, yet the recent opportunities block contains no solicitations explicitly seeking frozen crystal apple cucumbers. Instead, the opportunities tagged to this code span broad institutional food service and nutrition programs—school lunches, correctional facilities, state hospitals, county senior services, and food distribution agencies—and the actual items being procured are general grocery staples and frozen vegetable assortments (mixed vegetables, corn, broccoli, green beans, potatoes) rather than the specific commodity the code names. This mismatch suggests either a cataloging error in how opportunities are tagged to the code, or that frozen crystal apple cucumbers represent a negligible line item within much larger food service contracts where the primary vendor relationship is built around commodity-class buying rather than individual product specification.

The issuing bodies pursuing frozen food and vegetable procurement span multiple state and local jurisdictions: Texas agencies dominate the activity (Health and Human Services Commission, Department of Criminal Justice, Comptroller of Public Accounts), alongside Georgia school districts and counties (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Early County Board of Education, Burke County Public Schools), Oregon Department of Corrections, Illinois state government, New Jersey Department of Human Services, Pennsylvania Montgomery County, and Connecticut Bridgeport. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas and Georgia, with secondary activity in Oregon, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0017338 for frozen food products statewide (posted July 17, 2026, due August 18, 2026, estimated annual volume $9 million), the Oregon Department of Corrections ITB S2910000017692 for frozen vegetables totaling 360,000 pounds (posted August 6, 2026, due August 20, 2026), and the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' informal written quote request IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable and frozen food items (posted October 13, 2026, due October 19, 2026). None of these opportunities specifically name frozen crystal apple cucumbers as a line item.