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

The line graph illustrates the

amount

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of consumed spreads (

margarine

,

butter

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

Overall

, it is noticeable that

butter

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

margarine

from 1991 to 2001.

Moreover

, the consumption of

butter

and

margarine

decreased over the period in question,

while

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

years

. At the beginning of the period, the

amount

of consumed

butter

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

margarine

went down slightly from 90 to 80.

However

, the figure for

margarine

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

years

,

whereas

the

amount

of eaten

butter

declined dramatically to 70. In 2007, the

amount

of used

butter

dropped considerably to 50,

similarly

, that of consumed

margarine

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

years

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

years

.