Forget the 14-page FSA spreadsheet nobody understands.

The matrix that actually gets used is one screen: rows = everything you sell, columns = the 14 allergens + “made in a kitchen that handles…”, simple ✓ or ✗.

Fill it once on a tablet together with whoever makes the cakes. Takes eight minutes the first time, thirty seconds when the brownie recipe changes.

Every member of staff can pull it up in two taps when a customer asks. EHOs can read it in ten seconds and tick the box. Customers feel safe. You stay legal.

Eight minutes once beats a £5,000 fine every day of the week.