Santos Commercial Bar, Coffee & Kitchen Equipmen
Santos Commercial Bar, Coffee & Kitchen Equipment ; Authorised Dealer | Jacio Indicius
Lyon, France. A city whose relationship with gastronomy is not a cultural footnote but a defining identity. A city where Paul Bocuse built his legacy, where bouchons have fed generations of discerning palates, and where culinary craft is treated with the reverence that other cultures reserve for high art. It is here, in 1954, that André Fouquet founded Santos ; and it is from this unlikely starting point, manufacturing coffee grinders and cheese graters for small neighbourhood shops, that one of the world’s most respected commercial foodservice equipment brands was born.
Seventy years later, Santos is represented in more than 130 countries. Its products are hand-assembled in the same Lyon facility. Every appliance is 100% tested before it leaves the factory floor. And the company remains in the hands of the Fouquet family ; now in its third generation, led by brothers Aurélien and Nicolas, grandsons of André ; a lineage of ownership that has never wavered in its commitment to the principle that André established at the beginning: build it right, build it to last, and make it repairable for the life of the machine.
This is not nostalgia for its own sake. In an era where commercial kitchen equipment is increasingly characterised by accelerating product cycles and declining material quality, Santos’s generational commitment to craftsmanship is a genuine strategic differentiator ; one that delivers measurable value to the hotels, restaurants, juice bars, coffee shops, and catering operations that make Santos equipment the centrepiece of their beverage and food preparation service.
Jacio Indicius is proud to serve as an authorised Santos partner across India, the Middle East, Gulf countries, the USA, China, and Asia. With more than a decade of commercial kitchen equipment expertise and a full service infrastructure covering installation, commissioning, training, maintenance, and genuine spare parts, we bring the complete Santos ownership experience to your operation ; wherever in the world it operates.
Santos ; A Brand Profile Built on Seven Decades of Earned Authority
| Founded | 1954 ; Lyon, France (Rhône-Alpes region) |
| Founder | André Fouquet ; family-owned and operated for three generations |
| Current Leadership | Aurélien and Nicolas Fouquet (grandsons of founder André) |
| Manufacturing | 100% Made in France ; every product designed, hand-assembled, and 100% tested in Lyon |
| Global Presence | Represented in 130+ countries via authorised resellers and import partners |
| Core Categories | Juice & fresh drinks, coffee grinding, commercial blending, food preparation, bar equipment |
| Innovation Landmark | World’s first manufacturer to launch a brushless motor blender for commercial use |
| Sustainability Pledge | Eco-friendly moulded cellulose packaging; recyclable stainless steel and aluminium construction; anti-food-waste product philosophy |
| Spare Parts Policy | Availability of all spare parts guaranteed for 10+ years after production ceases ; every appliance is endlessly repairable |
| Award Recognition | Host Smart Label · Grand Prix Sirha Innovation · Gulfhost Innovation Awards · Snacking d’Or · Trophée Valo Resto Pro® |
| Jacio Indicius Status | Authorised dealer ; genuine Santos products, full warranty, comprehensive after-sales support |
Why Made in France Still Means A Lot in a Global Market
In conversations about commercial kitchen equipment, ‘Made in France’ is sometimes dismissed as a premium price justification without corresponding substance. With Santos, this assessment is profoundly mistaken ; and the operational evidence demonstrates why.
Santos’s production model is genuinely artisanal in its approach. Each appliance is assigned to a single production operator who follows it through the complete assembly process ; from initial component assembly through to final quality verification. This single-operator model is not an efficiency strategy. It is a quality accountability strategy. When one person is responsible for the complete assembly of a unit, the probability of assembly errors, missed steps, or quality shortcuts is dramatically reduced compared to a multi-station assembly line where each worker touches only a fraction of the final product.
The consequence of this approach is visible in every Santos product that leaves Lyon: consistent assembly quality, reliable performance from the first use, and the kind of build integrity that allows Santos to make its 10-year spare parts availability commitment with confidence. Santos does not discontinue spare parts availability as a mechanism to drive replacement purchases. It maintains that availability because every appliance it builds is designed to be repaired, maintained, and operated for the full duration of its mechanical lifespan.
This philosophy extends into Santos’s material selection. Food-zone components are manufactured from BPA-free materials ; a standard that Santos adopted proactively, ahead of regulatory requirements, as a direct expression of its commitment to protecting both the operators and end consumers who interact with its equipment. Stainless steel and aluminium structural components are chosen for their recyclability as well as their durability. Packaging has been redesigned in moulded cellulose ; a fully biodegradable alternative to conventional cardboard and foam. These are not greenwashing gestures. They are engineering decisions made at a cost premium that Santos’s leadership considered non-negotiable.
Santos Innovation ; The Evidence That Commands Industry Respect
Santos Innovation ; The Evidence That Commands Industry Respect
Santos’s commercial credibility is reinforced by an innovation record that speaks in verifiable technical achievements, not marketing claims. The company was the first in the world to launch a brushless motor in a commercial blender ; a technological breakthrough that fundamentally changed the performance and longevity profile of professional blending equipment. Santos holds patents on its cold press juicing system ; the first countertop commercial cold press juicer to feature a full stainless steel food zone, extra-large feeding tube, speed variation, and dual filtration capability. Santos’s Flextor sound-reduction technology has produced the quietest commercial blenders available without a sound enclosure ; a measurable improvement for the front-of-house environments where these machines operate during service.
These are not incremental refinements. They are category-defining moments that have shaped how the broader commercial equipment industry approaches motor technology, juice extraction, and operational acoustics. The industry awards that Santos has accumulated ; including the Grand Prix Sirha Innovation, the Gulfhost Innovation Awards, and the Snacking d’Or ; are the peer-validated recognition of this track record.
Santos Product Portfolio ; Complete Range Available Through Jacio Indicius
Santos organises its product range across four primary application areas: Juice Bar, Bar, Kitchen, and Coffee Shop. Every product is designed and hand-assembled in Lyon, tested before shipping, and supported by Santos’s 10-year spare parts availability commitment.
| Equipment Category | What It Delivers | Key Applications |
| Cold Press Juicers | Nutrisantos 65 ; world’s first countertop commercial cold press juicer with full stainless steel food zone, extra-large feeding tube (79.5mm), speed variation, and dual filters. Two Santos patents on the cold press system. Preserves vitamins, nutrients, enzymes, and minerals. Ezy-Clean tool-free disassembly. Grand Prix Sirha Innovation Award winner. | Juice bars, wellness cafes, hotel breakfast service, health-focused restaurants |
| Centrifugal Juice Extractors | High-output centrifugal extractors including #68 model with extra-wide 79.5mm chute. Processes whole fruits and vegetables without pre-cutting. Output capacity designed for high-volume continuous juice service. Ideal for reducing food waste by processing surplus produce. | Juice bars, hotel breakfast service, institutional dining, catering events |
| Brushless Commercial Blenders | Expert Brushless Blender #62 ; world’s first brushless motor commercial blender. Flextor sound-reduction technology (world’s quietest blender without sound enclosure). 30 pre-programmed recipes; USB connectivity. Dual Crushing Action patented two-way blade rotation. Available with colour-coded BPA-free jugs for allergen management. | Bars, restaurants, hotels, juice bars, cloud kitchens, smoothie bars |
| Compact Brushless Blenders | Compact Brushless Blender #66 ; the world’s quietest commercial blender without a sound enclosure. Brushless motor technology for extended lifespan and whisper-quiet operation. Ideal for front-of-house environments where noise disrupts the guest experience. | Hotel bars, premium restaurants, front-of-house service stations |
| Bar Blenders & Drink Mixers | Bar Blender #33 for high-volume bar cocktail preparation. Drink Mixer #54 for milkshakes, mixed drinks, and smoothie bar operations. Cold Drink Dispenser #34 for continuous beverage service. All designed for the demanding pace of professional bar environments. | Bars, hotels, nightclubs, event catering, fast casual F&B |
| Kitchen Blenders | Santosafe Kitchen Blender #37 ; powerful, reliable commercial motor. High-resistance blades capable of processing hard ingredients including ice. Variable speed up to 15,000 rpm. Compatible with Chef Stick accessory for dense preparations. Perfect for soups, sauces, gazpacho, and purées. | Restaurant kitchens, hotel kitchens, hospitals, catering, institutions |
| Ice Crushers & Ice Shavers | Ice Crusher #53 and Ice Shaver with Lever #09 for high-volume ice preparation in bar and beverage service operations. Engineered for continuous commercial use with high throughput capacity. | Bars, hotels, cocktail bars, juice bars, beverage service operations |
| Coffee Grinders ; Espresso & On-Demand | I-Grind #67 with brushless motor, LCD display, micrometric adjustment ; by weight (GBW variant) or time. Silent Espresso Coffee Grinder #40A. On-Demand Silent Coffee Grinder #55. Kawa Coffee Grinder #76. All feature brushless or induction motors for quiet, consistent grinding. | Specialty coffee shops, hotel restaurant F&B, boutique cafes |
| Coffee Shop Grinders ; High Volume | Coffee Shop Grinder #63 ; asynchronous motor with exceptional output up to 120 kg/hour. Triple-cut grinding discs that can be resharpened. Micrometric adjusting button for precise grind size. Bag holder with vibrating plate for even coffee distribution (250g–1kg bags). | High-volume coffee shops, hotel group F&B operations, roasteries |
| Specialty Coffee Grinders | Barista Edition #01BAR ; based on the classic 1954 grinder design. 1kg hopper, 63.5mm Santos grinding discs, micrometric adjustment. Heat dissipation technology prevents burnt coffee effect during grinding. Induction motor for quiet, consistent performance. | Specialty coffee bars, high-end restaurants, boutique hotel F&B |
| Food Preparation Equipment | Dough Mixer #18 (10-litre capacity). Grater #02 for cheese and hard food grating. Meat Mincer #12 for fresh meat preparation. A focused selection of food preparation tools engineered to the same performance standard as Santos’s beverage range. | Restaurants, hotels, catering kitchens, delicatessens, institutional kitchens |
Santos Across Every Service Environment ; Where the Brand Delivers Its Greatest Value
Juice Bars & Fresh Beverage Operations
The juicing revolution has created an entirely new commercial format ; the standalone juice bar ; built entirely around the quality and speed of its juice extraction equipment. Santos’s dual approach to juice extraction, offering both cold press (Nutrisantos 65) and centrifugal (#68) options, allows juice bar operators to make a deliberate choice based on their menu positioning, price point, and throughput requirements. Cold press extraction maximises nutritional retention and commands premium pricing. Centrifugal extraction maximises output speed for high-volume operations. Both are hand-built in Lyon and supported by Santos’s 10-year spare parts commitment.
Santos’s explicit anti-food-waste philosophy makes its juice equipment particularly valuable for juice bar operators managing produce inventory. Both the cold press and centrifugal ranges are designed to process surplus or cosmetically imperfect fruits and vegetables ; produce that would otherwise be discarded ; into premium, profitable fresh juice products. In markets where food waste reduction is both an ethical imperative and an operational cost issue, this capability has direct bottom-line impact.
Hotel F&B Operations ; Bars, Breakfast Service & Room Service
The multi-outlet nature of hotel food and beverage operations creates a need for equipment that performs consistently across very different service environments ; the high-volume breakfast buffet, the premium cocktail bar, the all-day dining outlet, and the precision of room service. Santos provides equipment purpose-built for each environment within a single brand architecture. The Compact Brushless Blender #66’s class-leading quiet operation makes it ideal for lobby bars where noise management is part of the guest experience. The centrifugal juice extractor’s high throughput makes it essential for breakfast service. The coffee grinder range covers everything from specialist espresso bars to high-volume hotel lobby cafes.
Specialty Coffee Shops & Artisan Cafes
Santos’s coffee grinding equipment has earned its place in specialty coffee environments through technical performance that matches the exacting standards of coffee professionals. The I-Grind #67 series combines brushless motor technology ; eliminating heat-related grind inconsistency ; with by-weight dosing precision and micrometric grind adjustment in a design that reflects Santos’s handcrafted manufacturing values. The Barista Edition grinder, drawing directly on the original 1954 grinder design updated with modern motor technology, bridges the heritage and precision that define the specialty coffee movement’s aesthetic and technical aspirations.
Restaurants ; Precision, Consistency & Operational Silence
For restaurants, the operational demands of Santos equipment go beyond raw performance specifications. In open-kitchen dining environments ; one of the defining design trends of contemporary restaurant architecture ; the acoustic performance of equipment becomes as important as its culinary performance. Santos’s Flextor sound-reduction technology in the brushless blender series addresses this requirement directly: full commercial blending power delivered at sound levels that do not disrupt the guest dining experience. This is engineering in service of hospitality ; the kind of considered design that separates Santos from equipment manufacturers who treat noise as an unavoidable consequence of power.
Food Waste Reduction & Sustainable Foodservice Operations
Sustainability is increasingly a procurement priority for commercial foodservice operators across all market segments ; driven by regulatory pressure, consumer expectation, and operational cost management. Santos’s product philosophy, designed explicitly around reducing food waste, aligns directly with these priorities. Blenders and juice extractors that give productive use to surplus and cosmetically imperfect produce. Equipment built to last and be repaired rather than replaced. Recyclable material construction. Eco-friendly packaging. These are not add-on sustainability features ; they are embedded in Santos’s design and manufacturing DNA, and they translate into measurable operational and reputational benefits for the foodservice operations that choose Santos as their equipment partner.
The Complete Jacio Indicius Santos Service Package
As an authorised Santos dealer operating across India, the Middle East, Gulf countries, the USA, China, and Asia for more than a decade, Jacio Indicius provides the full service ecosystem that protects and maximises your Santos equipment investment. Santos already guarantees spare parts availability for 10 years from production. Backed by Jacio Indicius’s service infrastructure, this commitment becomes a practical, responsive support programme that keeps your kitchen operational and your equipment performing at specification.
| Installation & Commissioning | Factory-standard installation by certified technicians. Every unit is configured, tested, and verified against manufacturer specifications before your kitchen goes live ; so your first service is never a troubleshooting session. |
| Annual Maintenance Contracts (AMC) | Scheduled preventive maintenance programmes designed to catch wear before it becomes failure. Transparent pricing, documented service records, and priority response ; protecting your investment and your kitchen’s uptime. |
| Genuine Spare Parts Supply | Direct access to OEM-certified spare parts across all brands. No substitutes, no counterfeit risk, no warranty voidance. The right part, delivered fast, fitted correctly. |
| Equipment Demonstrations | Live, in-kitchen demonstrations of equipment before purchase. See real-world performance, ask technical questions, and make procurement decisions with complete confidence ; not guesswork. |
| Kitchen Design Consulting | End-to-end kitchen layout and equipment selection consulting. Whether you are building a new facility or optimising an existing kitchen, our specialists map your workflow requirements to the right equipment configuration. |
| Staff Training | Hands-on operational training for your kitchen team ; covering correct use, cleaning protocols, safety procedures, and output optimisation. Well-trained operators extend equipment life and maximise ROI. |
Santos Commercial Equipment; Key Questions That we get asked
Why does Santos claim its blenders are the world’s quietest without a sound enclosure?
Santos holds patents on its Flextor sound-reduction technology, which is integrated directly into the blender’s mechanical design ; specifically into the motor mount, vibration isolation, and housing construction. This approach reduces operational noise to levels that competing products achieve only by adding an external sound enclosure ; a significant addition to countertop footprint and cleaning complexity. Santos delivers equivalent acoustic performance without the enclosure, providing a compact, cleanable, professional-grade blending solution for front-of-house environments.
What does Santos’s 10-year spare parts guarantee mean in practice?
Santos commits to maintaining the availability of every spare part for every product for a minimum of 10 years from the date that model’s production ceases. In practice, this means that a Santos appliance purchased today can be fully serviced, repaired, and returned to specification by a qualified technician for at least a decade after the model is no longer in production ; and often significantly longer. Combined with Jacio Indicius’s spare parts supply chain, this commitment translates into genuine long-term operational assurance for Santos customers across our service regions.
How does the Nutrisantos 65 cold press juicer differ from centrifugal extraction?
Cold press extraction works by slowly pressing fruit and vegetables to extract juice, a process that minimises oxidation and heat generation. The result is a juice that retains higher concentrations of vitamins, enzymes, minerals, and flavour compounds compared to centrifugal extraction, which uses high-speed spinning to separate juice from pulp. Cold press juice commands premium pricing in the market precisely because of this nutritional and flavour superiority. Santos holds two patents on its cold press system in the Nutrisantos 65, making it technically distinct from generic cold press equipment in its precision, throughput, and cleanability.
Is Santos equipment suitable for high-volume hotel and catering operations?
Yes. Santos designs its professional equipment specifically for continuous commercial use, with motor technology, material specification, and build quality appropriate for high-volume, multi-shift operational environments. The Coffee Shop Grinder #63 is rated to 120 kg per hour ; appropriate for high-volume hotel group coffee operations. The centrifugal juice extractor processes whole fruits at throughput levels that can service busy hotel breakfast buffets. The brushless blender range is designed for continuous commercial blending without the motor degradation that affects carbon-brush motor competitors over time.
How does Santos’s anti-food-waste design philosophy benefit commercial operators?
Santos juice extractors and blenders are specifically designed to process produce that would otherwise be classified as waste ; overripe fruits, cosmetically imperfect vegetables, surplus stock approaching the end of its shelf life. By converting this produce into fresh juice, smoothies, or blended preparations, commercial operators create saleable, high-margin products from inventory that would otherwise represent a direct cost. In high-volume hotel and restaurant environments where produce management is a significant operational challenge, this capability can produce meaningful revenue recovery from what is otherwise waste.
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