Amount of business combination, contingent consideration, contractually defined redemption value, cap price.

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Amount of cash consideration at a contractually defined redemption value at the time of option of noncontrolling interest shareholders right to sell their voting rights percentage.

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Increase in redemption price each year there after if the agreement to transfer noncontrolling interest is unexercised by either party.

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The percentage of shares remaining that were included in the options provided to the non-controlling shareholders.

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 805
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=79982066&loc=d3e1392-128463

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of a business, net of the cash acquired from the purchase.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
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Acquisitions - Hain (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions			12 Months Ended
Acquisitions - Hain (Details) € in Millions, $ in Millions	Oct. 15, 2018 EUR (€)	Oct. 15, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2022 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2018 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Acquisitions
Purchase price \| $			$ 191.6	$ 66.3	$ 24.3
Hain Lifescience GmbH
Acquisitions
Ownership percentage acquired	80.00%	80.00%
Purchase price	€ 66.0	$ 76.4
Remaining ownership percentage that can be exercised after 2022	20.00%	20.00%
Amortization period for intangible assets acquired	15 years	15 years
Redemption price, floor amount							€ 16.7	$ 19.4
Redemption price, capped amount						€ 46.0
Increase in redemption price each year there after						€ 6.0