English-French translations for calorie

• calorie
  C'est la calorie qui est l'unité utilisée par les consommateurs avertis dans leurs calculs. The calorie is the unit that informed consumers use in their calculations.
  Je crois également que les producteurs d'alcool devraient mentionner de la même manière la teneur en calories et en sucre de leurs produits. I also believe that alcohol producers should label their products for calories and sugar in a similar fashion.
  Si un aliment est étiqueté «basse calorie», cela doit reposer sur des faits, sans tromper le consommateur. If a food is labelled as low-calorie this must be based on facts, without misleading the consumer.

Definition of calorie

• Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules
• The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C

Related words

• kilocalorie
• calorie-free
• low-calorie
• megacalorie
• calorie-conscious
• gram calorie
• kilogram calorie
• dietary calorie
• large calorie