the graph below shows the consumption of three kinds of spreads between 1981 and 2007

The graph illustrates the patterns of spread

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from 1918 to 2007, which is divided into three kinds that are margarine,

low fat

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and reduced spreads, and

butter

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.

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, all the trends fluctuated in the given period and experienced a decrease until the final year with

butter

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as the greatest

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,

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others just had a minor change. All units are measured in grams.

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started at 140 before peaking at 160 in 1986, which was the largest number throughout the years.

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, it dramatically dropped to just over 40 in 2007.

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, low fat and reduced spreads sharply escalated from under 20 to around 80 in 2001 and declined moderately to about 60 in 2007, which surpassed

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in the final year.

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, margarine

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went down to 80 in 1986 and experienced a marginal rise to 100 in 1991. It remained stable until 1996 before steeply falling to 80 and lower to only 40 in 2007, placing it as the lowest

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of spreads and showing a slight difference of around 10 compared to

butter

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in that year.