I am trying to slim down a bit .2 x stone ,and I have been looking at
different food and drinks .on a jar of hot chocolate drink I it says per
28 g serving with 200mls water=505 kj, 120 Kcal what does this mean is
it 505 cals or 120 cals per drink? thank you...cas
Tom - 03 Feb 2008 18:15 GMT
First of all, learn to write
what do you mean
505 cals , or 505 cal
cal mean calories, k before cal means 1000
1 kcal = 1000 cal
what is 200 mls, 200 ml, I think thay you meant
I am not surprised that you are trying and cannot figure out
I guess that you are trying to convert Joules to calories
you multiply calories by 4.1868
1 calorie = 4.1868 Joules
120 cal = 502.416 J
>I am trying to slim down a bit .2 x stone ,and I have been looking at
>different food and drinks .on a jar of hot chocolate drink I it says per
>28 g serving with 200mls water=505 kj, 120 Kcal what does this mean
>is it 505 cals or 120 cals per drink? thank you...cas
Dave - 05 Feb 2008 21:12 GMT
> I am trying to slim down a bit .2 x stone ,and I have been looking at
> different food and drinks .on a jar of hot chocolate drink I it says per
> 28 g serving with 200mls water=505 kj, 120 Kcal what does this mean is
> it 505 cals or 120 cals per drink? thank you...cas
IMO you should drink cocoa instead since it has no added sugar, or
toxic sweetners.
Marshall Price - 01 Mar 2008 19:13 GMT
> I am trying to slim down a bit .2 x stone ,and I have been looking at
> different food and drinks .on a jar of hot chocolate drink I it says per
> 28 g serving with 200mls water=505 kj, 120 Kcal what does this mean is
> it 505 cals or 120 cals per drink? thank you...cas
It's 120 calories.
kcal is the "correct" abbreviation, since it stands for the amount of
heat required to raise the temperature of a *kilogram* of water one
degree centigrade.
(The original "calorie" was one thousandth of the "calorie" we're
familiar with today, which is why the modern calorie is abbreviated
kcal, for kilocalorie.)
kj stands for kilojoules. The joule is the SI unit of energy, so it's
more scientific, in a way, but both units measure the same thing;
they're just different sizes.

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