They say there are no dumb questions, but that doesn’t mean all questions are “smart” either. Like this: If you were wearing Crocs in a survival situation . . . could you take them off your smelly feet and EAT them?
It’s a real question people have been asking online since at least 2006, and plenty of people claim it’s true. So a writer for “Vice” looked into it.
The basic claim is they’re made of a non-toxic material. So if you had to, you could eat them to stay alive.
That material is called “Croslite”, and it’s 98% “feedstock” . . . a plant-based substance made out of things like straw. So it almost sounds like, sure why not?
But the writer talked to a dietician who clarified that just because something’s non-toxic doesn’t mean it’s “edible.”
We probably don’t have the right enzymes to break it down. So it could lead to serious digestive issues like diarrhea and constipation, or even a bowel blockage.
And even if it did break down, there’s almost no nutritional value in feedstock. So there’s a better chance of it KILLING you than keeping you alive.
By the way, a handful of people have actually tried this. And as far as we know, no one’s ever died. But that doesn’t mean it’s safe.
A kid in St. Louis took a steak-sized bite of a Croc back in 2016 and wrote a story about it for his school paper. He boiled a Croc to soften it up . . . cut a piece off . . . dipped it in Sriracha . . . and said it didn’t actually taste that bad.
It was too tough to chew though, so he had to swallow the piece whole. And he could feel it lingering in his throat for hours. (Here’s a photo.)
The “Vice” writer asked the company for their take. And it turns out the question gets asked enough, they already had an answer locked and loaded.
Quote, “We have a very straightforward stance on this topic. Regardless of the material makeup, for no reason do we recommend eating Crocs shoes. They are for wearing purposes only.”
(Vice)
