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What does 'kcal' mean?

Asked by katieliddle233 about 1 year ago, 3 answers.

I realised that when it comes to how many calories are in things, it says stuff like '168 kcal'

What does the 'k' mean? At first I thought 'kilo' but it's ridiculous because I highly doubt theres 168000 calories in a bag of crisps lol happy

Anyone care...

to tell me?

Answered by bimjob on Oct 03, 2008, 09:45AM
3231 answers

It DOES mean kilo calories, your confusion is understandable.
In science, a calorie is an amount of energy, but it is very tiny, so when you talk about the energy in food, they say kilo calorie, kcal., or sometimes spell it with a capital 'C'.

PS - I know this is a simplification

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Answered by mandyloo on Oct 03, 2008, 09:01AM
7496 answers

kilocalorie - one thousand calories

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Answered by lil_princess_4_lyf on Oct 09, 2008, 12:29PM
357 answers

u might be confusing your self with Kilojoules

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