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Food Calorie to Erg

Convert measurements between Food Calorie and Erg.

Common conversions

1000000Cal = 4.18e+16 erg
5000000Cal = 2.09e+17 erg
10000000Cal = 4.18e+17 erg
24000000Cal = 1.00e+18 erg
32000000Cal = 1.34e+18 erg
55000000Cal = 2.30e+18 erg

Conversion information

1 Food Calorie = 4.1840e+10 Erg

1 Cal = 1 kcal (nutrition labels)
CGS unit of energy, used in physics.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a food Calorie?
It is the unit used in nutrition, equivalent to one kilocalorie (kcal).
Why do labels say Cal instead of kcal?
By convention, in nutrition 1 Cal equals 1 kcal.
What is an erg?
It is a unit of energy in the CGS system, equal to one ten-millionth of a joule.
Where is the erg used?
In physics, especially in studies of small-scale energy.