Kcal vs calories on Vitamin tablets

winnivin
winnivin Posts: 3 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello,

This is my first post, and I'm starting my journey today :smiley:

My question is regarding the difference between Kcal and calories. I ask this is because my doctor recently prescribed me vitamin tablets. On its cover it says the Energy value per capsule is 5.5510 Kcal.

What does this mean? How does it differ from Calories that is shown here on the MFP database?

Thanks

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  • sllm1
    sllm1 Posts: 2,137 Member
    They are equivalent.
  • winnivin
    winnivin Posts: 3 Member
    sllm1 wrote: »
    They are equivalent.

    I thought so. I just had to make sure it was 5000 calories per capsule, I know its absurd, but I had to confirm :#
  • cbelc2
    cbelc2 Posts: 762 Member
    Calorie is a shortened name for kilo calorie. Same thing. You can scan the Barcode on the bottle. I consider my vitamin free but count my black coffee.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Isn't that 5 calories per capsule? Decimal point.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    edited March 2016
    jgnatca wrote: »
    Isn't that 5 calories per capsule? Decimal point.
    Yes, decimal point, but 5.000 kilometers = 5000 meters and the OP was double-checking that 5.5510 kcal wasn't equal to 5551.0 Calories.

    Calories (with a capital C) and calories (with a little c) have a multiplier difference of 1000. The US uses Calories and the EU uses kcals to refer to the same values.

    5 kilocalories = 5000 calories

    and

    5 Calories (with a capital C) = 5000 calories

    On top of that, people generally use Calories and calories interchangeably unless they are talking about Physics or Chemistry.
  • sllm1
    sllm1 Posts: 2,137 Member
    5kcal = 5 calories

    The vitamin has 5.5 calories, not 5,500.

    They are equivalent - no conversion necessary.
  • winnivin
    winnivin Posts: 3 Member
    Thank you everyone.
  • tomteboda
    tomteboda Posts: 2,171 Member
    1 calorie = energy to heat 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celcius
    1 kcalorie = energy to heat 1000 grams of water by 1 degree Celcius (1000 calories)
    1 Calorie (note the capital "C") = 1 kilocalorie

    So 1 kcal = 1 Calorie
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