Acquisition of Dr. Organic (Details) £ / shares in Units, $ / shares in Units, £ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 GBP (£) £ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares
Allocated to:
Goodwill			$ 1,200,501	$ 1,118,020
Common stock, par (in GBP per share) | $ / shares			$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Dr Organic Limited | NBTY (2015)
Acquisitions
Total purchase price	£ 53,384	$ 80,519
Cash consideration	33,384	50,353
Completion loan notes	£ 20,000	30,166
Fair value of consideration:
Cash			$ 50,353
Completion loan notes at fair value			28,931
Redeemable non-controlling interest			104,224
Less: Settlement of payables due to Dr. Organic			(6,032)
Cash and cash equivalents acquired			(5,342)
Fair value of consideration		$ 172,134
Allocated to:
Accounts receivable			7,922
Inventories			22,474
Other current assets			2,045
Property, plant and equipment			276
Intangibles			70,438
Accounts payable			(7,175)
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities			(3,059)
Deferred income taxes			(15,186)
Net assets acquired			77,735
Goodwill			94,399
Acquisition costs			5,000
Debt term	18 months	18 months
Period of time after after issuance the notes can be redeemed	6 months	6 months
Goodwill not deductible for tax purposes			94,399
Dr Organic Limited | NBTY (2015) | Class B Common stock
Acquisitions
Number of days the put is exercisable	30 days	30 days
Number of days the call is exercisable	30 days	30 days
Number of days after the put has expired before the call is exercisable	30 days	30 days
Allocated to:
Number of shares issued | shares	399,000	399,000
Common stock, par (in GBP per share) | £ / shares	£ 0.01
Dr Organic Limited | NBTY (2015) | Class C Common stock
Allocated to:
Number of shares issued | shares	222,000	222,000
Common stock, par (in GBP per share) | £ / shares	£ 0.01
Common stock premium (in GBP per share) | £ / shares	0.04
Common stock redemption price (in GBP per share) | £ / shares	£ 0.05
Period of time after issuance of share that they will be redeemed	18 months	18 months
Dr Organic Limited | Tradenames | NBTY (2015)
Allocated to:
Intangibles			46,000
Dr Organic Limited | Tradenames | NBTY (2015) | Minimum
Allocated to:
Amortization period	10 years	10 years
Dr Organic Limited | Tradenames | NBTY (2015) | Maximum
Allocated to:
Amortization period	15 years	15 years
Dr Organic Limited | Customer relationships | NBTY (2015)
Allocated to:
Intangibles			$ 25,000
Amortization period	25 years	25 years