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How many calories are in a food calorie?

It depends on the type of food. Some foods are calorie dense while others are low calorie.


What is a calerie?

Do you mean a calorie? A calorie is a unit used for measuring the amount of energy in food.


What does calorie free mean?

If something is calorie free, it means that the beverage/food in question contains zero calories.


Is pineapple a negative calorie food?

No, pineapple is not a negative calorie food.


Where are the best calorie counter charts?

It is possible to find calorie counts of foods online at sites like Calorie Counter Charts or Calorie King. There are also websites where one can type in their daily food journal, and they calculate the calories, such as Spark People and My Fitness Pal.


How many joules is 1 food calorie?

1 food calorie (Cal) = 4.184 kilojoules (kJ)


What does mobile lunch counter mean?

Since a mobile is a phone and lunch counter explains itself by being a type of calorie counter; it is a mobile calorie counter for lunch.


How do you define 1calorie?

The large calorie, kilogram calorie, dietary calorie or food calorie approximates the energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 °C.


What is a unit of energy that indicates the amount of energy contained in food?

The recommended unit for any type of energy is, of course, the joule. The older unit, calorie, is still often used for food. If spelled with a capital "C", "Calorie", it usually means a kilocalorie.


How do you convert ft-pound to calories?

1 ft-lb = 0.32383 international calorie (0.00032383 food calorie) 1 food calorie = 3,088.03 ft-lbs


How many heat calories are equal to 5 food calories?

1 food calorie or Calorie or kilocalorie is equivalent of 1000 calories and thus 5 food calories is equal to 5000 heat calories.AnswerA 'food calorie' is a unit of measurement that people in the food industry are either too lazy or too stupid to call a 'kilocalorie' (kcal).A calorie is a calorie. There is no such thing as a 'food calorie'. A calorie measures energy. Any energy. However, it is an obsolete unit that was used in the old centimetre-gram-second-ampere system. When used to describe food energy, it should be 'kilocalories' NOT calories (calories are not capitalised).


What are sources to find calorie counts for food items?

Calorie counts for various food items may be found online at www.thecaloriecounter.com. This website contains information for popular fruits and vegetables that don't necessarily come with a food label. There is a search engine available on this website that will allow one to type in the food and find out the calories.