Convert 12 Kilojoules to Calories
How much energy is 12 kilojoules? How many nutritional calories are in 12 kilojoules? 12 kJ to kcal conversion.
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12 Kilojoules ≈
2.8680688 Nutritional Calories
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Result in Plain English
12 kilojoules is equal to about 2.87 Calories.
Result as a Fraction
12 kilojoules
= 1,500⁄523 Calories
= 2 and 454⁄523 Calories
In Scientific Notation
12 kilojoules
= 1.2 x 101 kilojoules
≈ 2.86807 x 100 Calories
Kilojoules
A kilojoule is 1,000 joules. In some countries, food is labeled in kilojoules, much like kilocalories are used in the United States.
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.