Ràfols is a family-run business that has specialized in the preparation of Traditional Desalted Cod for over 60 years.

At the end of the 1940s, Ramón Ràfols Santacana entered the salted fish business with a retail shop in Barcelona. These were the hard times following the Spanish Civil War. When cod was considered to be the poor man’s fish, the fish for inland consumption.

His son Jordi Ràfols took over in the 1970s and, while he carried on the retail business at the beginning, he soon began to serve restaurants seeking cod that was top quality, desalted and ready to cook. With the growing demand for desalted cod in restaurants, around 1990 he decided to devote all his attention to this sector.

He channeled all his energy and dedication into this challenging new option. The experience and know-how of his entire team were clear but so was something more important: the excited optimism of tackling a new project.