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The ice cream cones 'made in Cantabria' that are eaten all over the world
The Country
Saturday, August 19, 2023
"Whether you're in Madrid, Paris, or Seoul, if you eat your ice cream cone down to the last crumb because it's so delicious, it's almost certainly made in Cantabria."
"Our goal is to make the best wafers in the world. We focus on products that are good for your health, with the highest quality ingredients," insists Purificación Ríos.
"And what is the perfect wafer like? 'Delicious, golden in color, toasted but not burnt. Zero acrylamides,' says Purificación Ríos, president of the GONZALO RÍOS company."
“Visually, cones and wafers may look the same to you, but they're not all the same. A wafer like cardboard has nothing to do with ours. Eat the wafer, savor it, and see how it feels in your mouth. Is it crunchy? Is it pleasant or hard to bite? How does it leave your palate? Is it clean or with a light layer of fat?”
"The wafers have an 18-month guarantee that they're perfect and crispy, and they take great care in packaging and shipping, carefully preparing them to avoid breakage. And it's not easy to stack such a fragile material: tulip-shaped wafers, fans, rolls, square and round cut wafers, cones... The cone is iconic, the best-selling product (plain or wrapped in chocolate); with sizes ranging from 65 millimeters high (the mini) to 280 millimeters high and 55 millimeters in diameter."
"The factory operates 24 hours a day. About 80,000 pieces are produced daily at GONZALO RÍOS."
«My father has always been a fighter, very innovative and commercial. Without knowing the language, he traveled around France in his van selling waffles to Cantabrian emigrants who had gone there out of necessity, out of hunger, and who had opened dairies and ice cream parlors. He told me how he would watch people; he would ask questions of anyone who looked Spanish, and that's how he got to places.»
La Tramontana, the suburban ice cream shop with its own workshop that's a hit in Madrid
The Country
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
"The wafers come from GONZALO RÍOS, in Bárcena de Cicero (Cantabria). And from a little further away, the vanilla, which comes from Tahiti and Madagascar. "It's important for the customer to know that we control all the ingredients we use to make our products," Abachian adds.
Discover and taste Cantabria through local products
The Montañes Diary
Saturday, July 24, 2021
"High-quality things are being made, and the public needs to know about it, appreciate it, and, above all, have it within their reach."
"We thought it was a great idea, so we signed up as soon as we learned about it. Through this marketplace, we're able to showcase everything produced in Cantabria to the market, which is essential since there's still a lot of ignorance about it today. High-quality products are produced, and the public needs to know about it, appreciate it, but above all, have it within reach. Our online store is aimed at large consumers, and cantabriaenlamesa.com is aimed at end consumers, so it brings us closer to a new customer and also opens a window outside the region. We want to highlight our product, which always seems linked to ice cream, but can be consumed in many ways."
The vindication of the undervalued wafer
The Country
Thursday, August 30, 2018
«A classic ice cream parlor like Los Alpes, also in Madrid, has been relying on GONZALO RÍOS's ice cream cones for forty years.»
"Artisans since 1958, this family business originally from the Pasiegos Valleys is now in its third generation in Santander."
"Their strongest market is Europe, although they serve wafers to almost everyone. GONZALO RÍOS is present in 35 countries. "In Spain, sales always start to increase in the center and south because summer arrives earlier than in the north, but sales level out after that."
GONZALO RIOS,
a story of overcoming and adaptation
Ice Cream Art
"As our latest product additions, we highlight the American-style No. 70 wafer with a dark chocolate crown and the No. 45 wafer with a dark chocolate crown; the artisan cinnamon roll, the short roll, the heart-shaped fan, perfect for surprising desserts, and a box of 6 wafers for ice cream at home."
