The provided line graph presents Americans’ butter and margarine consumption per person in pounds from 1980 to 2020.
Overall, it is clearly evident that despite the highest demand for margarine in the first year, it experienced a continuous decline each decade. On the contrary, butter was the least popular option before overtaking margarine by the end of the time period.
In 1980, margarine was consumed at around 10 pounds per person. This figure consistently fell in 1990, 2000, and 2010, reaching merely 2 pounds in 2020.
In terms of butter consumption, it was nearly 5 pounds per individual in 1990, which decreased to its lowest of 4 pounds. After this, more people steadily ate butter, steadily rising in each time period. Between 2000 and 2010, both products converged at approximately 5 pounds, and then separated by 2010, wherein each citizen’s consumption of butter surpassed that of margarine. This trend continued, and by 2020, residents were eating nearly 6 pounds of butter, which is the highest recorded figure.
