The line graph illustrates how much whole milk and low-fat milk consumed by Americans from 1970 to 2015.
Overall, the per capita consumption of whole milk went down significantly over the period shown, while the figure for low-fat milk showed a reverse trend. Notably, low-fat surpassed whole milk in 1990.
In terms of whole milk, this figure, which was the most consumed milk type at the beginning of the period, was 25 gallons. Subsequently, it decreased dramatically from 25 to 5 gallons throughout the period which became the least consumption in 2015. Notably, in 1990, the consumption of low-fat milk per person overtook the category for whole milk at 14 gallons.
By contrast, people consumed low-fat milk in the United States at just over 5 gallons in 1970. In the following two decades, this figure increased considerably from 7 to 14 gallons. Following that, it remained stable at 14 gallons between 1990 and 2010, before it declined slightly by 1 gallon at the end of the period. Lastly, it was more popular than whole milk in 2015.