All About Calories
Calories are the units of energy contained in the food and drink we consume. Calories are either burned to produce energy or, if excess to requirements, stored as fat. Calories and Kilocalories (kcal) It's easy to get confused about calories and kilocalories since, in a nutrition context, values are actually given for the number of kilocalories in a food, but referred to simply as calories.
In scientific terms:
1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie = 1 kcal = the energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1kg of water by 1°C.
In nutrition terms:
ie. What you'll find on food packaging, calories = kilocalories and are used interchangeably.
In some instances food energy is measured in kilojoules - mostly by the scientific community - though some food packaging also gives kilojoule (kJ) values. 1 kilocalorie = 4.2 kilojoules.
Counting Calories
Bread, Biscuits and Cakes
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|
Calorie Count |
Grams of Fat |
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Calories in a bagel (85g) |
216 |
1.4 |
|
Calories in a baguette, French (150g) |
360 |
1.8 |
|
Calories in a Cadbury's Flake Cake (1 std bar/34g) |
180 |
10.4 |
|
Calories in a biscuit (15g) |
74 |
3.3 |
|
Calories in a Danish pastry (67g) |
287 |
17.4 |
|
Calories in a doughnut (49g) |
140 |
2.0 |
|
Calories in a hot cross bun (70g) |
205 |
3.9 |
|
Calories in a jaffa cake (12g) |
46 |
1.0 |
|
Calories in a low fat biscuit (14g) |
65 |
2.3 |
|
Calories in a scone (70g) |
225 |
7.6 |
|
Calories in a white, crusty roll (50g) |
140 |
1.2 |
|
Calories in bread, brown (1 med slice) |
74 |
0.7 |
|
Calories in bread, brown, Weight Watchers (1 slice/12.2g) |
28 |
0.3 |
|
Calories in bread, granary (1 slice/25g) |
59 |
0.7 |
|
Calories in bread, pitta (1 pitta/25g) |
147 |
1.1 |
|
Calories in bread, white (1 slice/37g) |
84 |
0.6 |
|
Calories in bread, wholemeal (1 slice/36g) |
79 |
1.0 |
|
Calories in toast (1 med slice/33g) |
88 |
0.6 |
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