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.

What is watt hour?

A watt hour is a unit of energy equal to the power of one watt sustained for one hour. It is used to measure small amounts of electrical energy consumption, particularly in battery capacities and portable electronics.

Worked examples

1 kilocalorie (dietary) = 1.16222222 watt hour

1 watt hour = 3,600 joule

More Energy conversions

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

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