UNSPSC 50537015: Dried non GMO honeyberries

The variety of non GMO fruit known as non GMO honeyberries that have been dried for preservation. This means that they are produced without the use of methods that genetically modify organisms by means that are not possible under natural conditions. Such methods include cell fusion, microencapsulation and macro-encapsulation, and recombinant DNA technology (including gene deletion, gene doubling, introducing a foreign gene, and changing the positions of genes when achieved by recombinant DNA technology).

Traditional methods of breeding, conjugation, fermentation, hybridization, in vitro fertilization, or tissue culture are considered to be non-GMO.

UNSPSC 50537015 Dried non-GMO honeyberries, a Commodity code, sees minimal direct procurement activity in state and local government. The recent opportunities identified under this code span broader grocery and food service procurement across school districts, counties, and state agencies, but none explicitly solicit dried honeyberries as a line item or primary focus. The City of Bridgeport Department of Public Purchases' June 2026 grocery procurement for the Bridgeport Board of Education encompasses over 1,100 line items across breakfast items, cereals, baked goods, frozen products, condiments, vegetables, fruits, and other staples for the National School Lunch Program, with firm pricing through June 2027 and delivery to the central warehouse and designated school sites on standard pallets; similarly, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission's June 2026 IFB for food and consumable products at the El Paso State Supported Living Center covers multiple product categories under historical annual spending of $1.5 million. Broader fresh produce solicitations from Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia, June 2026), Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools (Georgia, March 2026), and Douglas County School System (Georgia, February 2026) specify dozens of fresh produce line items—apples, berries, broccoli, carrots, citrus, leafy greens, and other common produce—but do not call out dried honeyberries specifically, indicating that specialty dried fruit items occupy a niche position, if any, within school nutrition and institutional food service budgets.

Recent procurement activity clusters in school district nutrition programs and state-level food service operations, with solicitations concentrated in Georgia, Florida, Connecticut, Texas, Mississippi, and Virginia. Issuing bodies are predominantly school districts (Bridgeport, Hancock County, Savannah-Chatham, Douglas County, Fairfax County, Bulloch County, Meriden, Pascagoula-Gautier, and others) and state agencies (Texas HHSC, Georgia State), with one county government (Hillsborough County, Florida) soliciting senior meal services at an estimated $17.8 million over three years. The absence of dried honeyberries as an itemized line in any of the posted opportunities—despite their presence in comprehensive grocery and fresh-produce solicitations—suggests that demand for this specific commodity within state and local procurement remains either nonexistent, consolidated under broader category purchasing, or sourced through secondary vendors rather than direct solicitation. Firms targeting this UNSPSC code should monitor school nutrition and institutional food service RFPs in states with active procurement activity but recognize that market entry likely requires positioning dried honeyberries within a broader specialty or specialty-diet product portfolio rather than as a standalone procurement driver.