Demystifying the Metric: How many grams of calories are in 500 ml of milk?
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A single gram of fat contains 9 kilocalories, while protein and carbohydrates each contain 4. This basic nutritional fact is key to understanding why asking 'how many grams of calories are in 500 ml of milk?' is a common misconception about energy measurement. Calories are a unit of energy, and grams are a unit of mass; they are not interchangeable units.