The given diagram illustrates 3 spreads (margarine, low fat and reduced spreads and butter) that were consumed in the period between 1981 and 2007. All quantities are measured in grams.
Overall, it is clear that the main trend was on decrease in the consumption of spreads. However, butter represents the most dramatic collapse, while low fat and reduced spreads demonstrate a significant jump in consumption.
Consumption of butter was around 140 grams in 1981, whereas in the same period, margarine was used only nearly 90, which on one-third less than butter. Furthermore, using butter slightly grew to approximately 160 grams, in contrast, the consumption of margarine minimally reduced and was 80 grams. However, despite the growth, the number of its consumption notably crushed through the whole period from 1986 to 2007 and represented less than 60 grams. Additionally, using of margarine moderately dropped in 2007 and indicating the smallest amount of consumption.
In the same way, consumption of low-fat and reduced spreads started only in 1996, by the way, it quickly jumped from approximately 10 grams to under 80 grams in 2001. Nevertheless, it also slowly declined in 2007, although this the quantity was higher than other products.