The graph below shows the consumption of 3 spreads from 1981 to 2007.

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amount

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of consumed spreads (

margarine

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,

butter

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, low fat and reduced spreads) between 1981 and 2007. The units are measured in grams.

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, it is noticeable that

butter

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was the highest consumed spread in 1981, which was replaced by

margarine

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from 1991 to 2001.

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, the consumption of

butter

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and

margarine

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decreased over the period in question,

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that of fat and reduced spreads increased becoming the most popular spread in the final

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. At the beginning of the period, the

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of consumed

butter

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was just over 140 before reaching a peak of 160 in 1986, whilst the consumption of

margarine

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went down slightly from 90 to 80.

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, the figure for

margarine

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rose significantly to 100 in 1991 before levelling out during the next 5

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,

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the

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of eaten

butter

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declined dramatically to 70. In 2007, the

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of used

butter

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dropped considerably to 50,

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, that of consumed

margarine

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fell remarkably to 40 becoming the lowest used spread. With regards to the consumption of low fat and reduced spreads, it began in 1996 and accounted for about 10. 5

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later, the figure rose sharply to just over 80 before falling negligibly to 70 in the final

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.