Given is a line graph illustrating the data regarding the three types of spreads that were consumed from 1986 to 2007.
Overall, the consumption of margarine and butter spreads observed a slightly decreasing pattern over the period given, while for low-fat and reduced spreads, it rose.
Turning to the statistics, being the most dominant spread, the ratio of butter spreads moderately decreased by approximately 90 grams among the consumers over the first decade. With regards to the amount of low-fat and reduced spreads consumed, the figure only started off in 1996, which was the least popular spread eaten throughout the whole period.
While the figure for low-fat and reduced spreads, which reached its peak at about 80 grams five years later, fell slightly in the final years to roughly 70 grams in 2007, there was a slight decline of 10 grams in the intake of butter over the last decade. Likewise, approximately 80 grams of margarine was eaten in the first year after which the figure fluctuated slightly and dropped to a low of 40 grams.