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Calorie

The calorie is a unit of energy used, amongst other things, to specify energy consumption and the energy content in food.

The definition of a calorie is:
The engery needed to heat 1 g of water up 1°C

Nowadays Joule is preferably used as the unit of energy. "Calorie" is often used when kilocalorie is intended.

1 kcal = 4.18 kJ
 
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