Recently got some burritos from a food bank and while looking for cooking directions I found this nutrition chart. Never seen a food product use anything other than calories for energy, thought it was interesting.
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I think that’s common in Europe, or maybe they list it along with kcal
I looked it up and where I live (in Europe) it’s shown as x kJ/ x kcal. I don’t think I have seen only kJ.
Pretty common in my country (New Zealand). If you want calories (technically, kilocalories), divide by 4.4.
I was always confused by how kcal and Calories are the same in the US, but apparently it’s the capital C that is the difference. Surely some marketing ploy from the past that stuck.
I was entirely unaware how common and mundane this is basically everywhere outside the United States. This is the first food item I’ve seen ever list kJ here, which is why I found it interesting, but I guess it’s quite standard elsewhere!
Common all over the world.
Random but interesting
Hot take: calories are the more intuitive energy unit. “How much energy it takes to heat 1 mL aka 1 g water 1°C” is more relatable than “how much energy it takes to move a 1 kg mass 1 m while accelerating that mass at 1 m/s/s”.
kcal = Cal is silly though
Side note: I know that the heating water thing is problematic because it depends on T, P, and purity (yay thermo), which is why these days cal is defines in terms of J. That does not change my opinion.
