They break it down by the serving, and by the 100-grams, so that there's always an easy way to compare across consistent units. So, reading down the list: the bottom six I understand. But at the top, instead of calories, New Zealand foods have Energy. And it's measured in kilojoules (to the hundredths place, which amuses me). 88.03 kJ equals 20.96 calories. Huh.
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This was very interesting to me. I am always reading nutrition labels on my healthy eating plan. Poor Fred just rolls his eyes at my interest in the labels. Still, I have caught him checking the labels out at Trader Joes at times.
Oh trip down memory lane, joules! High School chemistry. Kinda makes more sense, and is consistent with science. So I wanna know, who invented calories? Some King, I suppose, who also mandated that a foot equals HIS foot length, etc.
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