Calories (nutritional) conversion

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Calories (nutritional)

Abbreviation/Symbol:

Calorie (nutritional)

Cal

Unit of:

Energy

Power

Worldwide use:

Although the SI unit of nutritional energy is the Kilojoule, most people still use the Kilocalorie (often refered to as a Calorie)

Definition:

One nutritional calorie is the amount of energy needed to warm 1 kilogram of water by 1° C. It is equal to 4,184 J

Origin:

The calorie was first defined by Nicolas Clément as a unit of heat in 1824. It is a metric unit but its use has been superceeded in the SI units by the Joule

Common references:

There are 139 nutritional kilocalories in a 330ml can of Coca Cola. A medium-sized banana typically contains approximately 100 nutritional kilocalories. A typical pint of full fat milk contains 128 nutritional kilocalories

Usage context:

Although the SI unit of nutritional energy is the Kilojoule, most people still use the Kilocalorie (often refered to as a Calorie)