Acquisitions and Disposals (Components Of Preliminary Purchase Price Allocations) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	6 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014		Sep. 30, 2014	Jul. 17, 2014
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred				$ 369,626
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability				32,958
Goodwill	1,093,589	[1]		1,134,368	[1]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent				25,973
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities				99,303
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill				152,063
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment				43,672
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets				94,886
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	17,935		(481)	177,147
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned				159,521
Total purchase price allocation				369,626
Hain Pure Protein [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired							51.30%
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value						36,074
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred						76,074
Goodwill							9,333
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent							(2,673)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities							(41,435)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill							17,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Property, Plant, and Equipment							35,796
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets							55,261
Business Acquisition, Cost of Acquired Entity, Cash Paid						20,310
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned							19,690
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Assets							2,792
Trade Names [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	12 years
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	11,000
Customer Relationships [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived Intangible Assets Acquired	$ 6,000
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	13 years 2 months

[1] The total carrying value of goodwill for all periods in the table above is reflected net of $42,029 of accumulated impairment charges recorded during fiscal 2009 which relate to the Company’s United Kingdom and Europe operating segments.