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How Do Food Manufacturers Calculate the Calorie Count of Packaged Foods?

  • October 01, 2018

Did you ever wonder how the calorie counts on food labels are figured? Scientific American asked that question, and found that the process is a little more complicated than you might think. In the old days, a “calorie” referred to the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius. This method of figuring calories — “kcal” — is called the Atwater system. If you think that sounds confusing, others thought so too...
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