UNSPSC 50483904: Calabash gourd purees

The variety of gourds known as calabash gourds which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50483904 Calabash gourd purees, a Commodity code, shows minimal alignment between its nominal scope and recent state and local procurement activity. The code nominally identifies a single fresh or processed vegetable product, but the eight most recent opportunities posted under this classification in the past four months solicit broad consumable food and kitchen supply packages across multiple product categories — fresh and frozen produce, proteins, dairy, condiments, canned goods, and disposable service items — rather than calabash gourd purees specifically. State and local issuing bodies using this code include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (operating state supported living centers and hospitals), the Oregon Department of Corrections, county and municipal school districts (Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia; Ben Hill County Schools in Georgia; Burke County Public Schools in Georgia; and Texas school systems via the Comptroller's office on behalf of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice), and individual state procurement offices (Illinois, Georgia, Oregon). The code does not appear to capture a distinct, specialized procurement category; instead, the recent activity reflects multi-item food service and nutrition solicitations that fall across UNSPSC food and consumables families but are tagged here without obvious product-level justification.

Recent representative opportunities span Texas Health and Human Services Commission IFBs for consumable foods at state supported living centers (HHS0018082, due October 23, 2026, and HHS0017449, due July 13, 2026), the Oregon Department of Corrections IFB for canned tomatoes (S2910000017145, due June 19, 2026, with 5 percent Oregon-fabricated and resident-bidder preferences), Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners IWQ for shelf-stable food items including peanut butter, jelly, canned proteins, and sauces (PE77023NONST2027000000782, due October 19, 2026), Ben Hill County Schools IFB for school nutrition products across fresh produce, meat, dairy, and kitchen supplies (PE61000NONST2027000000006, due June 15, 2026), Burke County Public Schools sealed-bid procurement for 400-line-item grocery supply across five schools (PE55037NONST2027000000007, due June 5, 2026), and the Texas Comptroller IFB for cafeteria food products across 382 line items for Texas Department of Criminal Justice warehouse distribution (304T26300CF, due May 4, 2026, extended via addendum). Activity concentrates in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon, with smaller volumes in Illinois. The code shows little recent activity that matches its stated product name, suggesting either a data-classification error or a catch-all repository for food service solicitations that do not fit narrower commodity classifications.