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

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information about three kinds of spreads(

butter

, low fat& reduced spreads) which were consumed over 26 years from 1981 to 2007 and all items measured in

grams

. By and large, the

consumption

of margarine and

butter

declined throughout the period

while

they increased significantly in

low fat

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& reduced spreads. The use of

butter

reached over 140 in 1981, which increased to 160

grams

in 5 years( 1986) before falling dramatically to 100 in 1991.

In contrast

, the total

consumption

of margarine started at approximately 90

grams

in the first year and declined to 80

grams

in 1986 before growing to 100 in 1991 and passing the

butter

, which remained until 1996. The

consumption

of

butter

decreased steadily to around 50

grams

in the

last

period,

while

it decreased slightly in margarine to 80

grams

in 2001 before falling

down

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to 40 in 2007. The

consumption

of low fat& reduced spreads started in 1996 with a value of under 20

grams

and increased dramatically to over 80

grams

before slightly coming down just under 80 to

last

year.