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Most scientific reports instead say "kilocalorie" or "kcal", which is technically correct, but could easily confuse people in other ways. So we prefer "kalorie", which is pronounced the same as "calorie", but spelled with a pedantic 'k' for 'kilo'. | Most scientific reports instead say "kilocalorie" or "kcal", which is technically correct, but could easily confuse people in other ways. So we prefer "kalorie", which is pronounced the same as "calorie", but spelled with a pedantic 'k' for 'kilo'. | ||
The 'k' is only needed when specifying numbers | The 'k' is only needed when specifying numbers, for example: | ||
* "An apple has 95 kalories." | |||
* "This diet is 2400 kalories/day." | |||
The 'k' is ''not'' needed for general comparisons, for example: | |||
* "Most of the calories in these chips come from fat." | |||
* "This [[crop yields]] a lot of calories." | |||
'''Non-food usage'''<br /> | |||
Since ''kalorie'' is still a [[energy units|unit of energy]], it can still be used in non-[[food]] contexts, in place of ''kilocalorie'' or ''kcal''. | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Food]] | |||
* [[Energy]] | |||
* [[Energy units]] | |||