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A nutritional Calorie is 1000 times a chemical calorie.
No. But similar. 1 kilojoule = 0.239005736 kilocalorie. 1 kilojoule = 0.238845897 calorie (nutritional)
One Calorie (capital c) equals one kilocalorie (kcal) equals 1000 calorie.
The small calorie is equivalent to 4.2 joules. This is the scientific calorie, and it is usually replaced with units in joules. The kilogram calorie is the dietary or nutritional calorie. It is the equivalent of 4.2 kilojoules, 1000 times greater than the small calorie.
4.1868 joules (rounded) amount to one calorie, but here we really have to be careful.That's actually the one called the "small calorie". The food Calorie is capitalized, comprisedof 1,000 small calories, and more properly referred to as the "kilocalorie".The nutritional Calorie is an amount of energy equal to 4186.8 joules.4.1868 joules = 0.001 nutrition Calorie
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Granola bars that have peanut butter or peanuts and are low calorie contain the best nutrition.
You look at the number next to the words Calories from fat. On a side note when speaking nutritionally calories is always capitalized. This is because the nutritional Calorie (also called a large calorie, dietary calorie, or food calorie) is actually a kilogram calorie.
Look into a nutritional database to find out: http://www.nutritiondata.com/
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The big Calorie is also known as a kilocalorie or 1000 little calories. It is used as the unit of energy in nutritional measurements.
Both Calorie and calorie are measurements of energy. 1 Calorie = 1000 calories Upper-case Calorie is used in nutritional terms and is sometimes also referred to as a kilocalorie to avoid confusing it with the lower-case calorie. Please see the related link for more details The Calorie (kilocalorie, kcal) is 1000 calories - a more useful unit and widely used.