UNSPSC 50445502: Frozen arbol peppers

The variety of peppers known as arbol peppers that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50445502 Frozen arbol peppers is a Commodity code that represents a narrow product line within broader frozen-vegetable procurement, though recent state and local opportunities show minimal activity specifically tagged to this code. The available records document frozen vegetable solicitations across multiple categories—frozen corn, frozen potatoes, frozen mixed vegetables, frozen carrots, and frozen assorted blends—but none explicitly name arbol peppers or chile peppers of any variety. State and local governments buying under this tier of UNSPSC taxonomy are primarily corrections departments, school districts, and health and human services agencies supplying institutional food service operations; Oregon Department of Corrections, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and numerous school nutrition programs appear repeatedly in recent frozen-vegetable procurements, but the specific commodity of frozen arbol peppers does not surface in posted activity.

Geographic concentration in recent frozen-vegetable activity centers on Oregon, Texas, and Georgia, with secondary activity in Pennsylvania, Missouri, Connecticut, and other states, but this concentration reflects solicitations for corn, mixed-vegetable blends, and potatoes rather than chile peppers. Representative frozen-vegetable opportunities include the Oregon Department of Corrections Invitation to Bid S2910000017451 for 40,000 pounds of frozen corn due July 24, 2026, and S2910000017439 for 120,000 pounds of frozen potato products due the same date, both under ITB with Oregon's combined 10 percent preference for in-state goods and bidders. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice issued IFB 304T-26-300CF for approximately 382 line items of cafeteria food products with a response deadline of May 4, 2026, and Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia posted an IFB for food products due June 15, 2026, but none of these recent solicitations identify arbol peppers or other specialty chile products in their specifications. The code shows little relevant recent procurement activity; vendors pursuing frozen-pepper supply should monitor school-nutrition and corrections-agency RFPs for specialty or international vegetable line items, which occasionally appear as add-on categories within larger frozen-produce bids but remain rare in the posted record.