UNSPSC 50486870: Caigua purees

Type of vegetable known as caigua which have been pureed.

UNSPSC 50486870 Caigua purees is a Commodity code that in recent state and local procurement activity appears adjacent to broader fresh and prepared food-product buys, but shows no directly matched solicitations naming caigua purees as a line item or deliverable. The recent opportunities record includes multiple food-service procurements—school nutrition programs, state-facility cafeteria and kitchen supplies, and institutional food distribution—but none of the named line items, product categories, or bid specifications reference caigua (a Peruvian squash-like vegetable) or caigua-derived purees. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission, state departments of corrections, school districts, and state hospital systems are the primary issuing bodies across recent activity, but their buys center on shelf-stable proteins, canned vegetables, frozen items, dairy, grains, and prepared foods rather than specialty or regionally specific produce items.

Geographic spread of recent activity is concentrated in Texas, Georgia, and Oregon. The Texas HHS Commission appears in four recent solicitations (IFBs for Lufkin and El Paso State Supported Living Centers and supplemental food and consumables); Georgia school districts (Ben Hill County Schools, Burke County Public Schools) and Gwinnett County in two bids; and Oregon (Department of Corrections canned tomatoes procurement) in one. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice procurement (IFB 304T-26-300CF, due May 4, 2026) and Oregon ODOC's canned tomatoes bid (due June 19, 2026) are representative recent opportunities, but neither addresses caigua or specialty produce purees. The code shows little or no relevant recent state and local procurement activity. If caigua purees have a market in state and local institutional food service, it is not surfacing in recent notice records under this commodity classification.