Cal and kcal on food labels?

[freak_unique]

Hey does anyone know the difference between cal and kcal on food labels as i am calorie counting and dont know what i am looking for? plus i found this information which confused me...
In scientific terms:

1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie = 1 kcal = the energy it takes to raise the temperature of 1kg of water by 1�C.

So surely when i eat a food saying 80kcal i am not eating 80,000 calories?
lol this has spun me right out maybe its obvious and im just being dumb. Anyone care to explain?
Cheers

[Clanad]

One site says this:

Kilocalorie (kcal)
A measure of the energy value in, for example, food and physical activity. �Kilocalorie� is the more accurate term for the commonly used abbreviation �calorie.�
1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 1 Calorie (Cal) = 1000 calories (cal)
To convert kcal to kilojoules (kJ), multiply the kcal value by 4.2.

Appears they are the same... just differing terminolgy...

[ugly_bob]

when you eat 80kcal, you are indeed eating 80,000 calories.
however, where people say the daill recommendation is 2000/2500 per day they are talking about kcals, rather than cals, although they are generally called calories. confusing.