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Just as I am wondering whether anything is safe to eat any more I am shown a newspaper cutting Granny has put aside to illustrate her next point.

‘Just look at this,’ she exclaims, waving the paper dangerously near my almost empty bowl. ‘Children at a school in Fife have been banned from bringing in home-made cakes to the School Fayre, in case of any allergic reactions. They’re being told to bring shop-bought ones instead. But what’s in those?’

I make a face that I fear sums up the words ‘Ummm …’ and ‘I don’t know’ perfectly. Granny clearly has no difficulty reading the look in my eyes.

‘Well, that’s just it: they don’t know either. They’ve no idea!’