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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 delicious, it's almost certainly made in Cantabria."

"Our goal is to make the best wafers in the world. We are committed to products that are good for your health, with ingredients of the highest quality," insists Purificación Ríos.

«And what is the perfect wafer? “Delicious, golden in colour, toasted but not burnt. Zero acrylamides,” says Purificación Ríos, president of the company GONZALO RÍOS.»

«“Visually, cones or wafers may look the same to you, but not all are the same. A wafer that looks like cardboard is nothing like one of ours. Eat the wafer, taste it and see how it behaves in your mouth. Is it crunchy? Is it pleasant or difficult to bite? How does it leave your palate? Clean or with a light layer of fat?”».

«The wafers have an 18-month guarantee that they are perfect and crispy, and they take great care in packaging and shipping, well prepared to avoid breakages. And it is not easy to stack such a fragile material: tulips, fans, rolls, square and round cut biscuits, cones... The cone is iconic, the best-selling (plain or wrapped in chocolate); with sizes from 65 millimetres high (the mini) to 280 millimetres high and 55 in diameter.»

«The factory operates 24 hours a day. Around 80,000 pieces are produced in GONZALO RÍOS every day.»

« “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 the Cantabrian emigrants who had gone there out of necessity, because of hunger, and who had created dairies and ice cream parlors. He told me that he would stare at people, ask anyone who looked Spanish and that was how he got to places.”»

La Tramontana, the ice cream shop from the outskirts with its own workshop that is a success 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 is from Tahiti and Madagascar. “It is important that the customer knows that we have control over all the ingredients with which we make our products,” adds Abachian.»

Discover and taste Cantabria through local products

The Mountain Diary

Saturday, July 24, 2021

"High-quality things are made and the public has 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 for it as soon as we heard about it. Through this marketplace, everything produced in Cantabria is made known to the market, which is essential, as there is still a lot of ignorance about it. High-quality products are made and the public needs to know about it, value it, but above all, have it within their reach. Our online store is aimed at large consumers, and cantabriaenlamesa.com is aimed at the end consumer, which brings us closer to a new customer, also opening a window for us outside the region. We want to give prominence to our product, which always seems to be 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 parlour like Los Alpes, also in Madrid, has been supplying itself with GONZALO RÍOS 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 centre and in the south because summer arrives earlier than in the north, but sales then become more even."

GONZALO RIOS,

A story of overcoming and adaptation

Ice Cream Art

«As for the latest product innovations, we would like to highlight the American No. 70 wafer with a dark chocolate crown and the No. 45 wafer with a dark chocolate crown; the artisan cinnamon, the short roll, the heart-shaped fan, perfect for surprising with desserts, and a box of 6 wafers for having ice cream at home.»