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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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Disclosure of the extent of enterprise reliance on its major customers. For example, includes revenues from transactions with a single external customer amounting to 10 percent or more of the entity's revenues, the total amount of revenues from each such customer, and the identity of the segment or segments reporting the revenues. A group of entities that the entity knows to be under common control generally will be considered a single customer for inclusion in this item. The federal government, a state government, a local government (for example, a county or municipality), or a foreign government each will generally be considered as a single customer for inclusion in this item.

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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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Segments - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
Segments - Additional Information (Details) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) Segment Customer	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Customer	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) Customer
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| Segment									3
Net Sales	$ 896.0	$ 870.7	$ 877.4	$ 849.0	$ 873.6	$ 861.8	$ 847.1	$ 812.3	$ 3,493.1	$ 3,394.8	$ 3,297.6
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									5.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk \| Long Lived Assets
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									5.00%
Customer Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net \| Major Customers Group
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									35.00%	35.00%	36.00%
Number of major customers \| Customer									3	3	3
Customer Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net \| Wal-Mart Stores Inc And Affiliates
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									24.00%	24.00%	25.00%
Customer name									Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and its affiliates
UNITED STATES \| Geographic Concentration Risk \| Sales Revenue, Goods, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									84.00%	83.00%	81.00%
UNITED STATES \| Geographic Concentration Risk \| Long Lived Assets
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage									98.00%	96.00%	96.00%
Intersegment Eliminations
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Sales									$ 3.4	$ 5.3	$ 1.9
Armand Products Company
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest	50.00%				50.00%				50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
ArmaKleen Company
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest	50.00%				50.00%				50.00%	50.00%	50.00%
Natronx Technologies LLC
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership interest	33.33%				33.33%				33.33%	33.33%	33.33%