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The EU should use Joules not calories (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 week ago by NorskSud@lemmy.pt to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org

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Joule is the metric system unit to measure the energy in food, however we still see calories being used everywhere, specially advertising and fitness influencers. Let's stop this nonsense.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you're gonna correct someone, be correct.
Your further simplification ignores that one of the units is cubed.

[–] Joyje@feddit.nu 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What do you mean? I wrote cubed as ^3 throughout the entire explanation.

[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You edited your comment 16 minutes ago. When I wrote my reply you had your units wrong.

[–] Joyje@feddit.nu 2 points 1 week ago

Yes. I eventually noticed my mistake and corrected it. 👍Thanks for pointing it out.