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> 1000 (gram) calories

The "(gram)" make no sense here. We commonly use "kilo" as shorthand for kilogram", but kilo is just a prefix indicating 1000 and never indicates "kilogram" when given as a prefix to another unit, and so there's no implied/left out "gram" in 1 kilocalorie.

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1 kilogram Calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by 1 degree. 1 gram calorie is the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree.

I see there's some use of it after having done some searches, so I'll concede it makes some minor sense as a means to disambiguate due to the Calorie/calorie confusion. Especially as "calorie" and "gram calorie" then means the same thing. This is actually the first time I can recall having seen anyone use it, though, and so for me at least it confused matters rather than clear it up...

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