UNSPSC 50485605: Purple potato purees

The variety of potatoes known as purple potatoes which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50485605 Purple potato purees is a Commodity code. State and local governments buy prepared potato products—primarily french fries, hash brown patties, and related potato-based foods—for institutional food service operations including state supported living centers, correctional facilities, school nutrition programs, and senior services. The code shows activity across food service consumables procurement in state health and human services agencies, county and municipal nutrition programs, and school districts. Scope of work centers on bulk food purchases for high-volume dining operations; recent solicitations demonstrate that "purple potato purees" as a discrete line item rarely appears in state and local bids, but the code sits within the broader institutional food procurement category where potatoes appear as prepared products (french fries, hash browns) and component ingredients in multi-item food contracts. Issuing bodies include state departments of health and human services, county boards of commissioners and schools, city and county nutrition programs, and state agencies managing correctional and state-supported residential facilities.

Geographic spread of recent activity spans Texas, Georgia, Illinois, and Oregon. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's IFB HHS0018082 for consumables at Lufkin State Supported Living Center (due October 23, 2026), which itemized french fries and hash brown patties among 22 line items with estimated annual quantities of 1 to 24 cases per item; Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners' IWQ 140229 for approximately 1,062 cases of shelf-stable food items for senior services (due October 19, 2026); Ben Hill County Schools' food procurement (due June 15, 2026) encompassing fresh and frozen produce for school nutrition across four schools; and the Oregon Department of Corrections' canned tomato bid (7,616 cases, due June 19, 2026) illustrating the scale and specificity typical of state institutional food purchasing. The Texas Comptroller on behalf of TDCJ's IFB 304T-26-300CF (due May 4, 2026) covered approximately 382 line items including proteins, grains, dairy, and produce for multiple warehouse distribution points. No recent opportunities specifically named purple potato purees as a solicited item.