Tag: Kilojoules explained

According to nutrition experts, a 'Calorie' with a capital 'C' is, in fact, the same as a kilocalorie (kcal) for nutritional purposes. This fact is a crucial starting point for understanding the differences and connections between the energy units kcal, calorie, and kJ, which are commonly found on food packaging and in health information.

Did you know the joule, the base unit of energy, was named after the physicist James Prescott Joule in the 19th century? A kilojoule, or kJ, is a metric unit of energy that equals 1000 joules, used commonly in physics and nutrition.