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Nutritionists use what to measure how much energy you get from foods?
Traditionally, this was measured in calories, or Calories (equal to 1000 calories - note the uppercase!). But the tendency is to use the official unit of energy - the Joule. This is the same unit that is used to measure any type of energy.
What is a kilocalorie?
a measure of the thermal energy that food will give off as it is burned the unit equal to 1000 calories also referred to as a calorie
The energy stored in food is measured in units called?
Calories. Actually the unit called Calorie in food energy is the Kilocalorie, ie 1000 calories.
What are dietetic calories?
A dietetic calorie is equal to one kcal (1000 calories). The unit is Cal as opposed to cal
What is the unit if he energy used in physical science and feed science?
A Joule is the SI unit of energy. It is equal to 1 Newton force, multiplied by 1 meter.The calorie is a heat energy unit. Equal to approx 4.184 Joules. In food Calories, is actually equivalent to a kilocalorie (1000 calories, or 4184 Joules).
How much is 100 calories to kg?
Converting calories to Kg is a bit tricky, as calories are a unit of energy, and kg are a unit of mass. 3500 calories are equal to one pound and one pound is equal to 2.2 kg. Which makes 7700 calories in a Kg.
Calculate for Energy meeter 1 unit equal how much current?
1000 amps
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 is a calorie compared to a Calorie?
"Calorie" (with a capital "C") is common notation for a "kilocalorie" which equals 1000 calories (with a lowercase "c"). Since "calories" are too small a unit of measurement, nutrition labels give caloric content in "Calories".
What is the difference between fat and calories?
A calorie is the unit of energy required to raise one gram of water 1 degree Celsius. A kilocalorie, or Calorie, is the equivalent of 1000 calories.
What is the difference between calorie and kilo calorie?
The big Calorie is also known as a kilocalorie or 1000 little calories. It is used as the unit of energy in nutritional measurements.
What is a kilocalery?
A kilocalorie is one food calorie. A standard calorie is a unit of energy equal to 4.184 joules. This is a very small amount of energy, so when we're talking about the amount of energy in food, we use kilocalories, which is equal to 1000 standard calories. When we're talking about food, we always say that it has so many calories, but forget to note that we're talking about food calories, which makes it somewhat confusing. 1 standard calorie= 4.184 joules 1000 standard calories= 1 kilocalorie= 1 food calorie= 4184 joules If a piece of food has 80 (food) calories, then it has 80 kilocalories, or 80,000 standard calories.
