UNSPSC 50485516: Cascabel pepper purees

The variety of peppers known as cascabel peppers which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50485516 Cascabel pepper purees is a Commodity code, but recent state and local solicitations tagged under this code show little activity directly aligned with cascabel pepper purees as a distinct product line. The source includes one Oregon potato bid, one Georgia food supplies solicitation with attached specifications not provided in full, and an Illinois weekly food order with brand-specific or equal terms, none of which explicitly reference cascabel peppers. The remaining opportunities—six Texas Health and Human Services Commission consumables bids for state supported living centers, one Gwinnett County food items purchase, one Oregon canned tomatoes procurement, two school district nutrition bids (Ben Hill County and Burke County, Georgia), and one Texas Department of Criminal Justice cafeteria food products bid—involve broad food service procurement across proteins, produce, dairy, condiments, and prepared items, but do not isolate cascabel pepper purees as a line item or focus area. These institutional food service buyers (state health and human services agencies, county social services, school districts, and correctional facilities) do purchase sauces, condiments, and specialty ingredients as part of comprehensive food provisioning, yet the available solicitation details do not confirm cascabel pepper purees as an active procurement category under this code in the recent window.

Texas Health and Human Services Commission and school districts in Georgia and Texas dominate the recent activity, with Texas showing the highest concentration of opportunities across multiple state agencies. Geographic spread includes Texas (five HHSC solicitations for state supported living centers and one TDCJ procurement), Georgia (Gwinnett County, Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Schools), and Oregon (Department of Corrections canned tomatoes and an unspecified state agency potato bid). The most recent representative opportunities include the Texas HHS Lufkin State Supported Living Center IFB HHS0018082 (due October 23, 2026) for consumables including sauces and prepared foods, Gwinnett County's IWQ 140229 (due October 19, 2026) for shelf-stable food items, and Ben Hill County Schools' IFB #26271 (due June 15, 2026) for comprehensive school nutrition products. None of these solicitations explicitly specify cascabel pepper purees as a line item, suggesting the code may be a taxonomy mismatch or that this commodity is not currently a distinct procurement focus for state and local food service operations in the recent dataset.