It’s time to feast on the yeast! That is if you are a fan of the savoury spread that divides opinion more than the UK’s membership of the EU and whether José Mourinho is a managerial genius or a footballing Machiavelli.

From July Marmite will be available in a 70g travel-size jar that can be carried in hand luggage, allowing those who enjoy the salty taste of a by-product of beer brewing to take it with them when they jet away. The jars will cost £1 and will be available at select stores in the UK – in this case Poundland and 99p stores (at the latter, customers will have to bust the 99p limit in order to lay their hands on the tiny jars of dark brown joy).

Marmite was second in a list of confiscated branded foods at London City Airport (jam was the No 1 item that travellers wanted to “preserve”) and also in a top 10 of home comforts that British holidaymakers liked to take abroad with them. While this travel carry-on conundrum has now apparently been dealt with, rumours of a similar strategy for Bovril are yet to be confirmed …