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

The line

graph

gives detailed information about the

consumption

of three different dairy products, namely

margarine

, low fat & reduced spreads, and

butter

, over a period from 1981 to 2007. All units are measured in grams (

gr

).

Overall

,

it is clear that

while

the trends of

margarine

consumption

and

butter

consumption

underwent downward trends, that of low fat & reduced spreads

consumption

witnessed upward trends.

Additionally

, it is

also

worth mentioning that the most significant change in the amount of

consumption

was seen in

butter

consumption

,

although

the highest records in the

graph

belong to it. Regarding the figures that decreased throughout the period, in 1981,

butter

was consumed at just over 140

gr

,

whereas

margarine

was consumed at around 90

gr

.

Following

this

, the

figure

for

butter

decreased sharply till the end of the period and ended with just over 50

gr

, after rising markedly to just under 160

gr

(the highest

figure

in the

graph

) in 1986.

Moreover

,

while

the

figure

for

margarine

went up and was responsible for 100

gr

between 1991 and 1996, it

also

went down significantly and ended with 40

gr

in 2007 (it is notable that the figures shared the same spots in 1991). When it comes to the intake of low fat & reduced spreads, it began to be eaten in 1996, and it accounted for about 10

gr

(the lowest

figure

in the given

graph

).

Next,

it increased strikingly in 2001 and reached over 80

gr

, before decreasing to nearly 70

gr

in the final year (it is obvious that low fat & reduced spreads and

margarine

were consumed at the same amount in 2001).