Can you bring your own food on a budget airline?

You are perfectly entitled to take your own food and drinks aboard your budget flight. If you can fit it in your hand luggage, bring a packed lunch or enough snacks to keep you going, and stock up on water after you've gone through security.



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You can take everything in your checked baggage: from liquid to solid food. However, you are not allowed to carry liquid or gel-like food products in your carry-on baggage.

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Solid food items (not liquids or gels) can be transported in either your carry-on or checked baggage. TSA officers may instruct travelers to separate items from carry-on bags such as foods, powders, and any materials that can clutter bags and obstruct clear images on the X-ray machine.

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Checked Bags: Yes Solid food items (not liquids or gels) can be transported in either your carry-on or checked bags. Liquid or gel food items larger than 3.4 oz are not allowed in carry-on bags and should be placed in your checked bags if possible.

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1. What kind of food can be brought on a plane? You can take everything in your checked baggage: from liquid to solid food. However, you are not allowed to carry liquid or gel-like food products in your carry-on baggage.

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By taking your own food, it saves you having to fork out for lunch at those pricey airport restaurants. Cakes, sandwiches, fruit, vegetables and all other completely solid food are fine to take through UK airport security. However, there are a number of items that you need to treat as liquids.

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Foods you can't pack in your carry-on
Think: creamy cheeses, liquid chocolate, liquid coffee, creamy dips and spreads, gravy, honey, hummus, ice cream, jam, jelly, juice, syrup, peanut butter, salad dressing, sauce, salsa, soda, soup and yogurt.

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Solid food items (not liquids or gels) can be transported in either your carry-on or checked bags. Liquid or gel food items larger than 3.4 oz are not allowed in carry-on bags and should be placed in your checked bags if possible.

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Solid food items (not liquids or gels) can be transported in either your carry-on or checked baggage. TSA officers may instruct travelers to separate items from carry-on bags such as foods, powders, and any materials that can clutter bags and obstruct clear images on the X-ray machine.

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You can bring a water bottle, or container of water in your carry on. As long as it's in a 100 ml (3.4 oz.) or smaller container. There are some exceptions for babies needing formula or breast milk, and people with medical needs. Empty water bottles are allowed.

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You may transport this item in carry-on or checked bags. For items you wish to carry on, you should check with the airline to ensure that the item will fit in the overhead bin or underneath the seat of the airplane.

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Alcohol between 24 and 70% is limited to 5 liters (1.3 gallons) per passenger and must be placed in your checked luggage, in its original unopened packaging. You may bring small alcohol bottles in your carry-on but they must not exceed 3.4 oz/100 ml.

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You can bring up to 2kg of fruit, vegetables or non-meat/dairy products in your hold luggage, under the EU rules. So, if you're bringing a sandwich or pasty on the plane, eat it before you land - although you might get away with a Greggs Vegan sausage roll.

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TSA-approved snacks and meals
  • Sliced veggies with a (smaller than 3.4 ounce) container of hummus.
  • Protein bars.
  • Dried fruits and nuts.
  • DIY charcuterie box (with hard, not creamy, cheeses)
  • Muffins and pastries.
  • Beef or mushroom jerky.
  • Popcorn.
  • Whole wheat crackers.


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From countries outside the EU You cannot bring in: meat or meat products. milk or milk-based products, except powdered infant milk, infant food or special food (including pet food) needed for medical reasons.

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What sandwiches don't need to be refrigerated? Sandwiches with nut butters, such as peanut butter or almond butter, or bean-based spreads, such as hummus, can be left unrefrigerated for longer than six hours. You can safely add jam, jelly or banana to the nut-butter sandwiches for additional variety.

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Can I take food such as sandwiches, crisps, chocolates and biscuits through security in my hand luggage? You can take food such as sandwiches / crisps / chocolate / biscuits in your hand luggage providing that they are not liquid based or of a solid/liquid mix.

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There is no limit to the quantity of sandwiches you can bring in your carry-on: You can pack as many sandwiches as you'd like and will fit into your allowable hand luggage. Just about any type of sandwich can pass through the TSA checkpoint, as long as it is wrapped or in a container and isn't overly soggy.

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“You can bring whatever snacks you want, but be mindful that other people don't want to smell what you're eating,” Peralta says. You're not just offending the people in your own row.

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The reason why water is not allowed through airport security is that there are some explosive chemical liquids such as nitroglycerine, that are indistinguishable from water when looked at.

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Yes, you may pack food in your carry-on or checked bag, but remember all food must undergo x-ray screening. Foods that are liquids, gels, or aerosols must comply with the 3-1-1 liquids rule. TSA officers make the final decision on whether certain items are permitted into the secured areas of the airport.

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TUI passengers allows passengers to bring their own food on flights, although it warns that the crew can't provide heating facilities on board. There is one exception; warm bottles of milk for infants, which they can heat in hot water.

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