A hotel chain has introduced a 'bean barrier' to stop runny food touching dry food each morning.

The Premier Inn plate features a barrier in the shape of the chain's half-moon logo to keep things seperate.

It comes after a recent study found that one-in-five people aren't a fan of runny elements mixing with other breakfast items on the plate.

Topping the list of ingredients people like to keep separate is egg yolk at 63%, followed by 60% with baked beans and 39% trying to keep their tomatoes separate.

The new bean barrier on a breakfast plate. Image: Premier Inn

Owner of The Bald Barista Café in Dublin city, Monica, told Henry McKean for Moncrieff she thinks it's a funny approach.

"I can understand customers not liking beans touching the eggs," she said.

"I'm fully aware of that, [but we've] never got any complaints about that in our place.

"We've been running this place for 16 years.

"Developing a special plate to actually accommodate the items on the plate is kind of funny for me.

"I solve it differently, we have it served on the side in the ramekin".

A full Irish breakfast, 21-9-18. Image: Ann Moore / Alamy

Monica said most people will eat the entire breakfast.

"They usually eat everything once they ordered the beans with the breakfast," she said.

"If they don't [want beans] they usually would say so.

"I cannot see many leaving beans".

A Dutch tourist in the capital told Henry beans don't belong on a breakfast plate.

"I don't like it at all; I just had a breakfast like this before and we left it," they said.

"We just ate the eggs.

"It's too heavy, we prefer oatmeal overnight or a yogurt with pineapple and granola.

"And bread with Dutch cheese of course".

The perfect breakfast, according to a recent survey. Image: Premier Inn

One man told Henry beans touching off other foods don't bother him at all.

"It's all heading down the same way, so it doesn't really matter," he said.

"They all end up in the one place," he added.

According to the survey, the optimal breakfast was made up of two full-size sausages, two rashers, one egg and two hash browns.

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Main image: The new bean barrier on a breakfast plate. Image: Premier Inn