Welcome to the latest Shelf Life, a smorgasbord of images from assorted categories of food and drink around Europe, with special guest country: Russia! The image here shows what you’re not allowed to bring in to a shopping mall in Moscow, though I presume you can actually buy a trolley bag and take it out.

Local flavours from France, Spain, UK, Cyprus and The Netherlands complete the line-up, and we kick off with an example from outside food which shows that, contrary to the popular saying, you should judge a book by its cover…