UNSPSC 50495400: Organic pepper purees

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

UNSPSC 50495400 Organic pepper purees, a Class code, sees little recent activity aligned with its nominal scope. The source contains no state or local procurement opportunities specifically seeking organic pepper purees or similar specialty pepper products. Instead, the recent opportunities block shows 25 solicitations dominated by broad-scope food service and school nutrition contracting—elementary and secondary school districts, state corrections departments, state health and human services agencies, and state veterans homes bidding for comprehensive grocery, fresh produce, canned goods, dairy, proteins, and general food service supplies. These procurements span Texas, Georgia, Missouri, Virginia, Oregon, and Illinois, with school nutrition programs and state institutional food service representing the core buying cohort. Representative recent opportunities include the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHS0017449) issuing an IFB in June 2026 for food and consumable products for the El Paso State Supported Living Center with a prior-period value of $1.5 million; the Oregon Department of Corrections (S2910000017145) bidding canned tomatoes in June 2026; Ben Hill County Schools (PE61000NONST2027000000006) soliciting a comprehensive school food bid in June 2026; and Fairfax County Public Schools (2000004323) issuing an IFB in April 2026 for a Master Grocery K-12 contract serving 45 schools and seven distribution kitchens across the county.

The code shows no recent opportunities explicitly seeking organic pepper purees, pepper paste, or allied pepper-based processed products at the commodity level. The mismatch between the code's nominal scope and actual recent solicitations suggests either that organic pepper purees represent a negligible volume within state and local institutional food service, or that purchasing offices are tagging broader food procurements with higher-tier codes that better reflect the full scope of work. If pursuing this category, prospective vendors should focus on school nutrition programs and state institutional feeding operations in high-activity states (Texas, Georgia, Illinois, Oregon, Virginia), though the absence of recent pepper-specific tenders indicates this commodity line does not currently command standalone procurement attention in the state and local market.