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

The line graph illustrates the amount of three kinds of spreads (

margarine

, low fat and reduced spreads and

butter

) which were consumed over 26

years

from 1981 to 2007. Units are measured in

grams

.

Overall

, the consumption of

margarine

and

butter

decreased over

period

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given

while

for

low fat

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and reduced spreads, it rose. At the start of the period,

butter

was the most popular spread, which was replaced by

margarine

from 1991 to 2001, and following that low fat and reduced spreads became the most widely used spread in the final

years

. With regards to the amount of

butter

used, it began at around 140

grams

and

then

peaked at 160

grams

in 1986 before falling dramatically to about 50

grams

in the

last

year.

Likewise

, approximately 90

grams

of

margarine

was eaten in the first year after which the figure fluctuated slightly and dropped to a low of 40

grams

in 2007.

On the other hand

, the consumption of low fats and reduced spreads only started in 1996 at about 10

grams

.

This

figure, which reached a high of just over 80

grams

5

years

later, fell slightly in the final

years

to approximately 70

grams

in 2007.