Calorie n. : The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0¡ to 1¡. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.

Example:
Calorie wise is there a difference between regular ginger and ginger paste?

Taxonomy
calorie, gram calorie, kilogram calorie, definitions, joules, energy, one thousand, unit of energy, free water, free encyclopedia, thermochemical, standard atmospheric pressure, factor, food energy, conversion factor, heat, large calorie, food calorie.

Defination from the web:
calorie has had two major alternative definitions differing by a factor of one thousand. ... Gram calorie ... Accordingly, there have been several definitions of the calorie. ...