UNSPSC 50485500: Pepper purees

The type of vegetable known as peppers which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50485500 Pepper purees is a Class code that does not see meaningful recent procurement activity from state and local government buyers. The sole opportunity matching this code is Oregon Department of Corrections' jalapenos peppers solicitation (posted March 23, 2026, due April 6, 2026), which lacks substantive procurement detail in available records. The code's nominal scope—pepper purees as a standalone commodity—diverges sharply from the dominant pattern in recent state and local food procurement, where pepper products appear as line items within comprehensive food supply contracts rather than as discrete procurements. State and local nutrition programs, correctional facilities, and health services agencies solicit food products overwhelmingly through consolidated multivendor buys spanning hundreds of line items across all commodity categories—proteins, produce, dairy, grains, prepared foods, and supplies—where individual ingredients like peppers are specified by quantity and grade but purchased within broader master grocery agreements.

Activity under adjacent codes shows instead that state and local governments procure pepper-bearing products (canned tomatoes, fresh produce, frozen specialty foods) through the bundled procurement structures noted above. School districts including Fairfax County Public Schools (Virginia), Ben Hill County Schools (Georgia), Burke County Public Schools (Georgia), and Rockwood R-VI School District (Missouri) are active in the market, as are correctional systems in Oregon and Texas and health and human services agencies in Texas procuring food for state facilities. The geographic spread covers Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, and Oregon predominantly, with activity clustered in school nutrition programs and state facility food services. If your firm supplies pepper purees or pepper-based ingredients as a standalone item to food distributors or state warehouses, this code generates limited direct bid opportunity; the route to state and local sales runs through competing for line items on master grocery and produce contracts posted under broader food-supply codes rather than through dedicated pepper-puree solicitations.