Are the calories on a “Nutrition Facts” label of all food products given in kilocalories or calories?

this question is really confusing me & i tried searching it, but found nothing that could help!
i would really appreciate it! :]

What the label calls a “Calorie” is actually a kilocalorie.

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January 17 2009 04:54 pm | food nutrition facts

5 Responses to “Are the calories on a “Nutrition Facts” label of all food products given in kilocalories or calories?”

  1. pipman23 Says:

    calories….
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  2. kittykitty40 Says:

    What the label calls a “Calorie” is actually a kilocalorie.
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  3. ultimate_mad_dog Says:

    on the nutrition facts it is listing kilocalories.
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  4. slim Says:

    They use the word calories but it is actually kilocalories. 1 kilocalorie = 1000 calories. So you can see why they use kilocalories, imagine a pkg that we would now has 100 calories instead say 10,000 calories. As far as why they use the word calorie instead of kilocalorie, I have no idea.
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  5. KIm Says:

    if it is a kilocalorie….does that mean that if you are suppose to eat 1800 calories a day that you are actually eating 1800 kilocalories a day?

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