[Sca-cooks] Metric calories?

[a5foil]

You aren't hallucinating. On some packaging in Europe, you will see energy
values expressed in kilocalories (kcal, what we refer to as calories), or in
kilojoules (kJ). One calorie is equivalent to about 4.186 kilojoules. If the
energy figures seem to be quadrupled, you are probably seeing food energy
values expressed as kilojoules.

Thomas Longshanks (who forgets the calories and enjoys the food!)

----- Original Message -----
From: Steven Weidner <bigsteve at nycap.rr.com>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 1:03 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Metric calories?


> I've had this question for a while, and never remembered to ask it until
> now.  Having looked at some european snack foods, ones that weren't
labeled
> quite for the American market, I started to think that Europe may not use
> quite the same system for counting calories that we do stateside
(obscenely
> higher, perhaps?  something struck me as way off kilter, regardless).  Am
I
> just hallucinating horribly, or is there in fact a difference between the
> calculation?
>
> Steinn Karlsson
>
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