Weight-Loss Question about values on food packaging

[Kyuss1]

Now I'm used to seeing values in articles, books, diets etc given in calories.. but here food packaging seems to use kcal, as in kilocalories. I think they are interchangable, perhaps due to the fact I live in the UK, because otherwise that would suggest a single bowl of cereal contains 200kcal, or 200,000 calories?

So are these both terms for the same value of energy, or is there some conversion to be done, as per the metric/imperial system.

Thanks.

 

[ToothlessFerret]

They are the same. Kcal is the more scientifically correct term for the unit commonly known as a 'calorie'

 

[blixit]

They are the same. Kcal is the more scientifically correct term for the unit commonly known as a 'calorie'

I agree!!!!!!

 

[CoachCrimson]

1 calorie is the amount of heat required to raise 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius. 1 kilocalorie is the amount of heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree celsius. 1 Calorie is the same as 1 kilocalorie. it is important to note the capitalization of the "C" in Calorie, as that is actually what distinguishes it from the scientific calorie. We use Calorie in everyday language in regards to food and nutrition as a reference to kilocalorie. So, as they already said, and i just made more complicated, a food and nutrition related Calorie is the same as a kilocalorie (kcal), lol.