UNSPSC 50483902: Bitter gourd purees

The variety of gourds known as bitter gourd which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50483902 Bitter gourd purees, Commodity tier, does not map to the work state and local governments are actually soliciting under this code. The recent-opportunities block contains no procurement activity for bitter gourd purees or any gourd-based products. Instead, the opportunities tagged with this code cover broad food-service provisioning to state institutions—school nutrition programs, state hospitals, state supported living centers, and correctional facilities—spanning dozens or hundreds of line items per solicitation that include proteins, frozen and canned vegetables, dairy products, grains, condiments, and consumable supplies such as containers and napkins. The code appears to be a tagging mismatch: solicitations for comprehensive institutional food procurement have been classified under a specific commodity (bitter gourd purees) that bears no relation to the actual scope of work being bought. No recent state or local RFPs, RFQs, IFBs, or ITBs specifically solicit bitter gourd purees as a product line.

The geographic footprint of recent food-service procurement activity spans Texas (Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts), Georgia (Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and the State of Georgia), Oregon (Oregon Department of Corrections), and Illinois (State of Illinois). Texas dominates the recent-opportunities record, with five separate solicitations from state health and human services or criminal justice agencies posting between May and October 2026, each requesting 200+ line items of mixed food products and consumables on IFB and pricing-sheet terms, with response dates ranging from June through October 2026. Georgia school districts and counties have posted similar broad-based food bids in May and June 2026. This code does not reflect actual procurement demand for bitter gourd purees; business development professionals should treat this classification as unreliable for targeting opportunities in the specialty-produce or gourd-products space.