Band 5+: The graph below shows the daily consumption of three spreads per person from 1981 to 2007 in a country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The graph illustrates how of the three spreads expenditures were spent in each person’s daily life in the period of 1981 to 2007 in a country.

Overall, at the beginning of a year butter revealed the highest consumption, while margarine indicated the lowest and low fat/ reduced spreads appeared some years later in the daily’s consumption.

Butter’s expenditure significantly increased from almost 140 grams and reached a peak at 160 grams, afterwards dramatically declined to 100 grams, whereas margarine started below 100 grams. In 1991 margarine and butter met at 100 grams then butter declined progressively, while margarine maintained the same level until 1996 and expenditure was finished at 40 grams in 2007.

Low fat/ reduced spreads contributed to the expenditure starting below the 20 in 1996 and highly increased to the 80 grams in 2001.Also, margarine and low fat/ reduced spreads met at the same grams in 2001. Meanwhile, butter insignificantly contributed to the consumption, the latest grams were approximately 50.