Candy on the plane.

Yes. Candy is solid food, and solid food can go in your hand luggage. The 100 ml rule covers liquids and gels, not gummies, liquorice, foam candy or chocolate.

When you shop with us, you've already been through security. The cup can come on board as long as it fits within your airline's hand luggage allowance.

If you change planes at another airport, you'll often go through another security check. The cup can come along for the same reason as above: it's solid food.

Two things are worth knowing:

• Liquids bought after security, such as spirits and perfume, must be in a sealed bag with the receipt to get through the next check. That doesn't apply to candy, but it does if you've also bought liquids at the airport.
• If you connect in the USA, you go through customs at the first US airport, even if you're flying on. So the rules on declaring food apply there.

We recommend your hand luggage. Suitcases can sit in the sun by the plane for a long time before and after the flight, and chocolate doesn't like that. A cup in a suitcase can also get squashed.

If it has to go in your suitcase, pack it in the middle of your clothes, not at the side.

Within the EU, you're free to bring candy for your own use. Most other places allow candy too, but some countries require you to declare it when you land.

Outside the EU, keep three things in mind:

• Always declare food.In countries such as the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, you must tick the box on the arrival form to say you're carrying food. To customs, candy is food. The candy itself is usually allowed, but not declaring it can lead to a fine on its own, even when the product would have been allowed.
• Keep the cup and the receipt. Then customs can see what it is and that it was bought in a shop. The cup is printed with our name, so keep the candy in it.
• Some products are banned in some places.The classic example is Kinder Surprise eggs, which aren't allowed into the USA because of the toy inside. Australia and New Zealand have very strict rules on food.

Chocolate melts at around 30°C. On a trip to Norway in November, that doesn't matter. On a trip to Dubai in July, it does. If you're heading somewhere hot, you can pick from the part of the wall that copes better with heat (gummies, liquorice, hard candy and foam candy), or put the chocolate in a cool bag when you land.

Keep the lid closed and store the cup somewhere cool and dry. Liquorice and gummies go hard if air gets in, and foam candy dries out. How long it keeps depends on the variety.

There's more about storage and allergens under food information (in Danish).