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1propionyl
2070 days ago
In the US, 1 Calorie = 1 kcal elsewhere.
We refer to kilocalories with capital-C "Calorie". I don't know why.
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Groxx
2070 days ago
Probably because lower-c calories are meaninglessly small for like 99% of the population. It'd be like doing all your cooking in milligrams.
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