UNSPSC 50483903: Bottle gourd purees

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

UNSPSC 50483903 Bottle gourd purees (Commodity) shows little relevant recent activity for this specific product line. While the code nominally covers bottle gourd purees, the state and local opportunities tagged to this code solicitate shelf-stable and prepared food products for institutional food service — canned tomatoes, peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, rice, pasta, fresh and frozen produce, proteins, and dairy for state supported living centers, correctional facilities, schools, and health services departments. None of the recent opportunities explicitly name bottle gourd purees or purees of any kind as line items. The divergence between the code's abstract scope and what is actually being bought suggests either a data-tagging error in the opportunity records or that bottle gourd purees represent a negligible or non-existent procurement activity within state and local government food service spend.

State and local purchasing activity under food commodity codes generally flows through Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ), Oregon Department of Corrections, Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools, and the State of Illinois, with opportunities concentrated in Texas (multiple HHSC and TDCJ solicitations), Georgia (county schools and state), and Oregon (corrections). Representative recent solicitations include the Oregon Department of Corrections' June 2026 canned tomatoes bid for 7,616 cases due June 19, 2026 (IFB S2910000017460); the Texas HHSC supplemental food and consumables IFB for 210 line items across state hospitals and supported living centers, response deadline March 19, 2026, with an estimated contract value of $4.5 million over three years (IFB HHS0016792V2); and Ben Hill County Schools' food bid for FY 2026-2027 spanning fresh produce, proteins, dairy, and dry goods across four schools, bids due June 15, 2026 (IFB #26271). Because bottle gourd purees do not appear in any of these representative solicitations, pursuit under this code is not recommended without direct verification of demand from a specific state or local buyer.