 In 1651, Italian Francesco dei Coltelli opened an ice cream café in Paris, and the product became so popular that during the next 50 years another 250 cafés opened in Paris.In Greece, ice cream in its modern form, or "pagotó" (), was introduced in the beginning of the 20th century.India is one of the largest producers of ice cream in the world, but most of its ice cream is consumed domestically.