Calories to Joules

The Hidden Energy in Food

If you convert food into fuel, you will find that you have a lot of strength stored inside you. In physics, if you consume 1 tiny calorie of ingested food, it will bring you a corresponding amount of strength of4,184 Joules (J)to the body.

Reverse Calculation

To know the exact number of Joules, just take the amount of calories andmultiply them by 4.184.
Example: A bread with 200 calories contains hidden the equivalent of more than 836 Joules of pure carbohydrate in its chemical composition.