The line graph illustrates the consumption of three types of spreads, namely margarine, low fat and reduced spreads, and butter between the years 1981 and 2007.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that the popularity of margarine and butter decreased as their consumption fell, while the demand for low fat and reduced spreads showed a dramatic increase before they started declining towards the end of the period.
With regard to the quantity of butter consumed, it was about 140 grams in the first year, but dropped to 80 grams in 1991 before drastically falling to around 50 grams in the last. Likewise, margarine began with around 90, but saw some fluctuations until 1996 before falling sharply to 40 grams in 2007.
Regarding the low fat and reduced spreads, they were not popular initially, with the intake of less than 20 grams. However, there was a significant rise by almost five times to just over 80 grams in 1996, before experiencing a decline to 70 grams in 2007.
