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Business Acquisition, Net Sales

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

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Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences assumed at the acquisition date.

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The cash inflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period (for example, cash that was held by the acquired business).

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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Acquisitions - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 15, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, par value, in dollars per share		$ 0.125		$ 0.125
Cash acquired		$ 207.0	$ 0.0
Payments to acquire businesses	$ 7,500.0
Goodwill		17,104.0		$ 5,593.0
Nutrition & Biosciences, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Common stock, par value, in dollars per share	$ 0.125				$ 0.125
Cash acquired	$ 7,359.0
Net sales		1,076.0
Net income (loss)		(59.0)
Payments to acquire businesses	15,929.0
Goodwill	11,762.0
Transaction related costs		89.0
Deferred tax liabilities	2,369.0
Nutrition & Biosciences, Inc \| M&A Advisory Fees
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction related costs		79.0
Nutrition & Biosciences, Inc \| Professional Services Fees, Legal Fees, And Others
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Transaction related costs		10.0
Taste
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		6,603.0		4,859.0
Taste \| Nutrition & Biosciences, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	2,839.0
Health & Biosciences
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		7,912.0		0.0
Health & Biosciences \| Nutrition & Biosciences, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	7,291.0
Pharma Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill		$ 1,610.0		$ 0.0
Pharma Solutions \| Nutrition & Biosciences, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 1,632.0
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Sale of stock, percentage of ownership after transaction	44.60%
International Flavors & Fragrances Inc \| DuPont de Nemours, Inc \| Nutrition & Biosciences, Inc
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of interests acquired	55.40%