The line grap illustrates how much margarine, low fat& reduced spreads and butter were consumed over a 26-year period starting from 1981.
Overall, it can be seen that while the consumption of low fat& reduced spreads witnessed an upward trend, a reverse pattern can be seen in the consumption of the remaining spreads. It is also clear that, while in first decade butter was the leading spreads, in next decade margarine dominated the line graph. However, from 2001, low fat& reduced spreads to be the leading spreads
As can be seen from the graph, the consumption of butter rank first in 1981, with approximately 140 grams, which was far higher than that of margarine at around 90 grams. Before falling dramatically to 50 grams in final year, the consumption of butter reached its highest point of 160 grams in 1986. Like wise, the figure for margarine was fluctuated and dropped to 40 grams in 2007.
On the other hand, although low fat& reduced spreads wasn’t offered in 1981, it has taken the lead with its figure standing at over 80 grams in 1996, then fell slightly in the final years to approximately 70 grams in 2007