Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
Net sales before shipping and handling costs	$ 1,410.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 1,435.0us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Less: shipping and handling costs	79.9	77.8
Net sales	1,330.1ingr_SalesRevenueNetOfShippingCosts	1,357.2ingr_SalesRevenueNetOfShippingCosts
Cost of sales	1,049.4us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	1,107.4us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Gross profit	280.7us-gaap_GrossProfit	249.8us-gaap_GrossProfit
Operating expenses	132.0us-gaap_OperatingExpenses	132.4us-gaap_OperatingExpenses
Other (income), net	(1.2)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet	(4.9)us-gaap_OtherOperatingIncomeExpenseNet
Restructuring charge	10.4us-gaap_RestructuringCharges
Operating income	139.5us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	122.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Financing costs, net	14.0ingr_FinancingCostsNet	16.6ingr_FinancingCostsNet
Income before income taxes	125.5	105.7
Provision for income taxes	39.8us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	30.5us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income	85.7us-gaap_ProfitLoss	75.2us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	2.0	2.6
Net income attributable to Ingredion	$ 83.7us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 72.6us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	71.6	74.6
Diluted (in shares)	72.7	75.8
Earnings per common share of Ingredion:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.17us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 0.97us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.15us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 0.96us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted

The net amount of expense (income) derived from financing activities, including: the aggregate cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest that was charged against earnings during the period; the noncash expenses charged against earnings in the period to allocate debt discount and premium, and the costs to issue debt and obtain financing over the related debt instruments; income derived from investments in cash and cash equivalents; and foreign currency transaction gains and losses.

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