Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Advance Receipt For Business To Be Transferred

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Amount Held In Escrow

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Carrying Value Of Net Asset

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration Receivable

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Proceeds Attributable To Supply Agreement

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) On Disposal, Before Income Tax

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Gain (Loss) On Liquidation, Before Income Tax

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Liquidation Tax Effect

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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operation, Tax Effect Of Gain (Loss) From Divestiture

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Proceeds From Divestiture Of Business, Net

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Transition Services Agreement, Fair Value

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Transition Services Agreement, Income, Reduction To Costs Not Included In Revenue

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Transition Services Agreement, Term

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (b)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482740/230-10-45-12

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Business Divestiture - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions				3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	21 Months Ended
	Aug. 01, 2023	May 31, 2023	Jul. 01, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of business						$ 1,006	$ 1,158
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Flavor Specialty Ingredients
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of business	$ 190
Advance receipt for business to be transferred	1
Supply agreement adjustment	4
Amount held in escrow	15
Carrying value of net asset (adjusted for currency translation and pension adjustments)	205
Loss on divestiture				$ (10)		(10)
Tax effect of gain (loss) on divestiture								$ 3	$ 15
Net proceeds received from business divestiture	$ 185
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Savory Solutions Business
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from divestiture of business		$ 840
Carrying value of net asset (adjusted for currency translation and pension adjustments)		860
Loss on divestiture						(10)
Tax effect of gain (loss) on divestiture								$ 72	$ 88
Receivable from the buyer		30
Disposal, pretax loss						10
Disposal, tax effect						2
Net proceeds received from business divestiture		$ 821
Disposal Group, Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale, Not Discontinued Operations \| Microbial Control
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Net proceeds received from business divestiture			$ 1,169
Transition services agreements, term			19 months
Transition services agreement, fair value			$ 36
Transaction service agreement, income, reduction to costs not included in revenue				$ 6	$ 6	$ 19	$ 6