huh?

[ceagle]

Interesting thing about labeling :>
I have a delicious package of TimTams here, from the inimitable just2draw, which I've been savouring at one cookie per week.. and just had the last one. ^v^ *mmmmmm*

But whereas our labeling over here is in calories, their packaging shows 'energy' , and lists it as kJ ... which I assumed was kilojoules... but that must be wrong 8|

...because looking at a bottle of tangerine juice here, I show 120 calories, which is half a kilojoule, or 500 joules.
Okay... now the TimTams say that one cookie = 400kJ, which would be about 95,500 calories! 8> *ulp... ruffle*..

sooooooo..... I'm thinkin' they must mean joules even though it says kJ, because that would be more in line with a reasonable equation of 95 calories per each ... ^v^ ... *boggle*

Comments

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

*blink blink yum yom beakCHOMP* 8>
(translation.... mmmmmmmyesh!!) *wingfuzzles*

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Yep, that would be it exactly. Food calories are kilocal's in the scientific world.

So Tim Tams are cookies? Huh. From everyone's comments on them, I thought they were truffles or hard candies.

Have the best

-=TK

[rubbertexcooper.livejournal.com]

95,500 calories? =D *Snarfs them*

[secret-wolver.livejournal.com]

May have to try them some day.

I never keep track of calories. ^^;;

-Winchell

[dragonfan1.livejournal.com]

i should have to try them someday if i knew where they sell them so i can try a box of them.but they are so good but i'm confused where you can get them.

so what are your favorite kind of TimTams?

[mammallamadevil.livejournal.com]

MLD

[genecatlow.livejournal.com]

Maybe they are referring to Kevin J as an energy coefficient? <:)

[loveyouenola.livejournal.com]

Life is too short to read the labels on treats! ;)

With the Tim-Tam being our national biscuit (or cookie, as you call them) -- it's no wonder Aussie has an obesity problem! :D

Be well!

[telbert.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, that looks like a tasty treat! I bet that would make fine fuel for a skunkomotive like me =09. Thanks for sharing!

[mortonfox.livejournal.com]

Given the definition of calorie, imagine how much water we can raise the temperature of by 1°C with what we eat. And yeah, food calories are actually kilocalories.