Whether you choose to party with wine, champagne, gin, prosecco, vodka, tequila, or something completely different (yet equally boozy), you’re guaranteed of one thing the morning after: a splitting headache, a dodgy tummy, and a mouth like sandpaper.

Everyone has their own tried-and-tested cure for the dreaded hangover. Some favour a bacon sandwich, while others opt for a “hair of the dog”. Many claim that cheesy pasta, salty chips, pizza, or, y’know, beautiful, beautiful carbs in general hold the secret to busting those morning-after-the-night-before blues. And, of course, a few prefer to crawl back under their duvet and sob/chug lukewarm Lucozade until they start to feel more human again.

However, it turns out that we’re all missing a trick. Because, if we want to nip our hangovers in the bud once and for all, we need to look to an unlikely store-cupboard hero for help.

This kitchen staple is the ultimate emergency hangover cure