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minus-squareGolden Lox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·9 days agowhat is typically called a ‘calorie’ is actually 1000 of the real unit. the real size of a calorie is too small to used effectively, but saying ‘kilocalorie’ is too long or smth idk. people just need to use kilojoules and fuck Imperial off.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·8 days agoWrong, a Calorie is 1000 calories. Virtually nobody uses calories though so don’t worry about it too much.
minus-squarephotonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 days agoEuropean nutritional labels use them (kcal). Where do you live that they don’t?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·8 days agoExactly. They use a unit representing 1000 calories. They don’t use calories. In the US we use “Calories” which are 1000 calories. Lowercase c calories are just too small of a unit to be useful and virtually nobody uses them.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoYou misunderstand metric prefixes. kcal is not a separate unit from cal, it is the same unit with a prefix slapped infront 1000 cal = 1k cal = 1 kcal The equal sign here is not a unit conversion
what is typically called a ‘calorie’ is actually 1000 of the real unit.
the real size of a calorie is too small to used effectively, but saying ‘kilocalorie’ is too long or smth idk.
people just need to use kilojoules and fuck Imperial off.
Wrong, a Calorie is 1000 calories. Virtually nobody uses calories though so don’t worry about it too much.
European nutritional labels use them (kcal). Where do you live that they don’t?
Exactly. They use a unit representing 1000 calories. They don’t use calories. In the US we use “Calories” which are 1000 calories. Lowercase c calories are just too small of a unit to be useful and virtually nobody uses them.
You misunderstand metric prefixes. kcal is not a separate unit from cal, it is the same unit with a prefix slapped infront
1000 cal = 1k cal = 1 kcal
The equal sign here is not a unit conversion