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Probably a stupid question

chiliconparmi · 2009-02-04 13:31:55

What do the displays on food mean for calories Example: per 100g 453KJ/107Kcal Does that mean there are 107 calories in 100g or 107,000 Because the K stands for 1000? And does that mean if I am eating 700 calories for dinner I can only have around 5g of the stuff? Thanks Dave

04-02-2009 1:31pm

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chiliconparmi

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What do the displays on food mean for calories

Example: per 100g 453KJ/107Kcal

Does that mean there are 107 calories in 100g or 107,000 Because the K stands for 1000?

And does that mean if I am eating 700 calories for dinner I can only have around 5g of the stuff?

Thanks
Dave

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#2 04-02-2009 1:37pm

Colm_OReilly

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When people in general parlance refer to calories they mean kilocalories.

So there's 107 calories in that serving.

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#3 04-02-2009 1:39pm

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Thanks Colm, that always confused me and i didnt want to start off on the wrong foot

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