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

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

margarine

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, low-fat and reduced spreads, and

butter

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) between 1981 and 2007. Units are measured in

grams

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.

Overall

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, the consumption of

margarine

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and

butter

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decreased over the period given; for low-fat and reduced spreads, it rose. At the start of the period,

butter

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was the most popular spread.

Then

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it was replaced by

margarine

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from 1991 to 2001. Following that, low-fat and reduced spreads became the most widely used in the final

years

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. In 1981, the

butter

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began at around 140

grams

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and

then

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reached a peak at around 160

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in 1986, before falling dramatically to approximately 50

grams

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in the

last

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few

years

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.

Likewise

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, around 90

grams

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of

margarine

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

grams

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in 2007.

On the other hand

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, the consumption of low-fat and reduced spreads was only stated in 1996 at around 10

grams

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.

This

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figure, which reached a high of roughly over 80

grams

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over the next five

years

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, fell slightly in the final

years

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to approximately 70

grams

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in 2007. (192 words)