Food - Calorific Combustion Values
Combustion heat values of some foods.
The calorific value of a fuel or food is the amount of heat produced with complete combustion.
Food | Calorific Combustion Value (MJ/kg) |
---|---|
Butter | 30.5 |
Cheese | 14.6 |
Curd | 2.5 |
Egg, yolk | 5.4 |
Egg, white | 14.0 |
Fish | 5.2 |
Ghee | 37.6 |
Meat | 12.0 |
Milk, buffalo | 4.9 |
Milk, cow | 2.2 |
Potatoes | 4.0 |
Rice | 16.7 |
Soyabean | 18.1 |
Sugar | 16.0 |
Normal energy consumption for a young male is about 10 MJ/day.
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