The line chart provides the breakdown of the consumption of 3 different types of butter: margarine, low fat and reduced spreads, butter between 1981 and 2007.
Overall, it is clear that butter and margarine witnessed remarkable plunges while the remaining spread ascended from 1996 to 2007.
Concerning the downward trends, in 1981, butter constituted the highest consumption, with roughly 140 grams and reached to a peak at nearly 160 grams in the next 5 years. Despite the significant growth, butter then experienced a significant plunge to approximately 70g in 1996 before steadily decreased by around 20 grams in 2007. Furthermore, margarine usage dramatically fluctuated around 90g over the given period, converged with butter at 100 grams in 1991 and then surpassed butter.However, consumption of margarine suddenly fell by about 40 grams between 2001 and 2007, numbered the smallest, with precisely 40g in 2007.
Regarding the remaining spread, lower fat and reduced butter appeared in the year 1996, with merely around 10g. It then rocketed by more than 70 grams, surpassed the other spreads and numbered the largest consumption in 2007, namely about 70 grams.
