The chart cited in that tweet seems to have a very suspicious trend. I highly doubt some consumption trend has such a sharp inflection point like that. I would

The chart cited in that tweet seems to have a very suspicious trend. I highly doubt some consumption trend has such a sharp inflection point like that. I would suspect that it is either both of the following: - data is based on some food survey, and they changed how they asked the question - "sugar" in the chart is just some specific sugar (e.g. cane sugar), and there was some substitute or reclassification (e.g. fructose -> sucrose?) Also, I find it very hard to believe that global sugar consumption has been declining, given how hard junk food countries are pushing into less regulated developing economies (e.g. Coca Cola in Chiapas MX, just look on youtube).