Grams to Calories Burned Converter
Convert grams (g) to calories burned (kcal), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.
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Show the working
- 1 g = 0.002205 lb
- kcal = pounds × 3,500 = 7.716179 kcal
How to convert grams to calories burned
1 g = 7.716179 kcal, so multiply by 7.716179 to go from grams to calories burned. Going the other way, 1 kcal = 0.129598 g.
kcal = g × 7.716179 g = kcal × 0.129598
Worked example:
5 g = 0.011023 lb kcal = pounds × 3,500 = 38.580896 kcal
Grams to calories burned table
| Grams | Calories Burned |
|---|---|
| 1 g | 7.716179 kcal |
| 2 g | 15.432358 kcal |
| 3 g | 23.148538 kcal |
| 4 g | 30.864717 kcal |
| 5 g | 38.580896 kcal |
| 6 g | 46.297075 kcal |
| 7 g | 54.013254 kcal |
| 8 g | 61.729433 kcal |
| 9 g | 69.445613 kcal |
| 10 g | 77.161792 kcal |
| 15 g | 115.742688 kcal |
| 20 g | 154.323584 kcal |
| 25 g | 192.904479 kcal |
| 30 g | 231.485375 kcal |
| 40 g | 308.647167 kcal |
| 50 g | 385.808959 kcal |
| 75 g | 578.713438 kcal |
| 100 g | 771.617918 kcal |
| 250 g | 1,929.044794 kcal |
| 500 g | 3,858.089588 kcal |
| 1000 g | 7,716.179176 kcal |
About the units
- Grams (g)
- Grams, a metric unit. Definition: BIPM SI Brochure.
- Calories Burned (kcal)
- Calories burned, a specialised unit. Food Calories (kcal) of energy burned; converted to body weight only through the 3,500 kcal per pound rule of thumb, never to energy units. Definition: Wishnofsky M. (1958), Caloric equivalents of gained or lost weight, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 6(5):542–546 (the 3,500 kcal per pound rule).