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by 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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Probably because lower-c calories are meaninglessly small for like 99% of the population. It'd be like doing all your cooking in milligrams.