The dietary 'Calorie' (capital C) is another name for a kilocalorie (kcal, International Table definition) — 4186.8 joules. When you enter 'Calorie', this tool tells you it interpreted it as a kilocalorie, since the word is otherwise ambiguous.
Definition
- Dimension
- Energy
- Symbols
- Cal
- System
- convention
- Base factor
- ×4186.8
- Exactness
- standard definition
Fixed by a published standard or convention (toe, therm, IT cal/BTU).
Also known as
dietary calorienutritional caloriefood caloriefood caloriesdietary calorieskilocalorie (food)
Sources
Common conversions
for 1 Cal| joule | 4,186.8 | J | standard definition |
| kilojoule | 4.1868 | kJ | standard definition |
| megajoule | 0.0041868 | MJ | standard definition |
| gigajoule | 0.0000041868 | GJ | standard definition |
| kilowatt hour | 0.001163 | kWh | standard definition |
| megawatt hour | 0.000001163 | MWh | standard definition |
| British thermal unit | ~3.96832 | BTU | standard definition |
| million British thermal units | ~0.00000396832 | MMBTU | standard definition |
| therm (US) | ~0.0000396832 | therm | standard definition |
| tonne of oil equivalent | 0.0000001 | toe | standard definition |