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minus-squareGolden Loxlinkfedilink14•30 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-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish-1•29 days agoWrong, a Calorie is 1000 calories. Virtually nobody uses calories though so don’t worry about it too much.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•29 days agoEuropean nutritional labels use them (kcal). Where do you live that they don’t?
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•29 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.
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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.