A calorie can be used to describe two separate units of measurement, either the thermochemical calorie or the nutritional calorie. Both are equal to a quantity of energy needed to raise the temperature of a certain amount of water by one degree Celsius.[1]
The two definitions are very similar, and differ only in the amount of water that is changed. This makes the conversion simple:
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Last updated: June 25, 2018
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