What is joule?

The joule is the SI base unit of energy. It is the standard unit for work, heat, and electrical energy in physics, engineering, and scientific measurement worldwide.

What is kilocalorie (dietary)?

A kilocalorie, written as Calorie with a capital C in nutrition contexts, is a unit of energy equal to 1,000 thermochemical calories. It is the standard unit used to express the energy content of food on nutrition labels globally.

Worked examples

1 joule = 0.00023901 kilocalorie (dietary)

1 kilocalorie (dietary) = 4,184 joule

More Energy conversions

• Convert joule to kilojoule
• Convert joule to kilowatt hour
• Convert joule to calorie (thermochemical)
• Convert joule to kilocalorie (dietary)
• Convert joule to watt hour
• Convert joule to megajoule
• Convert joule to electronvolt
• Convert joule to British thermal unit
• Convert joule to therm (US)

Assumption: calorie means thermochemical calorie, and therm means US therm.