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Please explain these food labels to me

I’m in Vietnam, and for calories it shows 2 numbers. I thought one was kcal and one kjoules, however the numbers seem off if thats the case.

For example this dark chocolate reads 428-800, so if 428 was the calories per 100g that seems a lot lower than most other brands.

https://www.google.com/search?q=henk+dark+chocolate+calories&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&prmd=isnv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj37vOBsqb8AhVX1zgGHdNvAvcQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=360&bih=601&dpr=3#imgrc=dwk0GXvyf3lGmM

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Answer

Hey, nutrition student here. So the KJ are known as kilojoules, dont worry those are largely irrelevant. Kcal or kilocalories are the actual calories present in the item. So if you see an item that says 600KJ/300Kcal then you use the 300kcal as the actual calories in the food/drink item. Hope this helps👍

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