Convert 1,000 Joules to Calories
How much energy is 1,000 joules? How many nutritional calories are in 1 thousand joules? 1,000 J to kcal conversion.
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1,000 Joules ≈
0.23900574 Nutritional Calories
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Result in Plain English
1,000 joules is equal to about 0.239 Calories.
To a Percentage
1,000 joules ≈ 23.9% of a Calorie.
Result as a Fraction
1,000 joules
= 125⁄523 Calories
In Scientific Notation
1,000 joules
= 1 x 103 joules
≈ 2.39006 x 10-1 Calories
Joules
A joule is the standard unit of energy. On the surface of the Earth, it takes about 9.8 joules to lift a 1 kilogram object by 1 meter.
Calories
A nutritional Calorie, or kilocalorie, is commonly used in food labeling. It is equal to 4.184 kilojoules. The average American consumes about 2,700 kilocalories per day.