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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Principal Amount Redeemed Including Accrued and Unpaid Interest

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Debt Instrument, Write Off of Debt Discount and Interest Rate Swaps

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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Fair value amount of debt instrument that was repurchased.

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Face (par) amount of the original debt instrument that was repurchased.

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The amount of debt premium that was originally recognized at the issuance of the instrument that has yet to be amortized.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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The difference between the reacquisition price and the net carrying amount of the extinguished debt recognized currently as a component of income in the period of extinguishment, net of tax.

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of Notes with the highest claim on the assets of the issuer in case of bankruptcy or liquidation (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). Senior note holders are paid off in full before any payments are made to junior note holders.

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Costs incurred in connection with an unsolicited tender offer (one where the Entity being sought has not requested the offer). These would include costs relating to evaluation and dissemination of information regarding an unsolicited tender offer. A tender offer is a broad solicitation by an Entity or a third party to purchase a substantial percentage of another entity's shares or units for a limited period of time. The offer is at a fixed price, usually at a premium over the current market price, and is contingent on shareholders' tendering a fixed number of their shares or units.

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Write-off of amounts previously capitalized as debt issuance cost in an extinguishment of debt.

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Debt - Senior Notes (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
Debt - Senior Notes (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Nov. 12, 2013
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on early retirement of debt							$ 43,609,000	$ 1,437,000	$ 63,387,000
Deferred financing cost written off							$ 0	0	6,791,000
Senior Notes Due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount retired		$ 26,100,000
Loss on early retirement of debt					$ 1,400,000
Tender offer cost					200,000
Debt redemption premium			$ 1,200,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument repurchased amount						$ 376,200,000			376,200,000
Debt premium						54,000,000			54,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument repurchased amount						23,800,000			23,800,000
Debt premium						3,000,000			3,000,000
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2016 and 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount										$ 400,000,000
Loss on early retirement of debt						63,300,000
Loss on early retirement of debt, net of tax						38,700,000
Debt premium						57,200,000			$ 57,200,000
Tender offer cost						600,000
Deferred financing cost written off						$ 5,500,000
Dean Foods Company \| Senior Notes Due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument repurchased face amount		$ 24,000,000			$ 24,000,000			$ 24,000,000
Debt Instrument, purchase price, percentage of principal amount redeemed		104.875%
Dean Foods Company \| Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate		7.00%	0.00%		7.00%		0.00%	7.00%
Debt instrument, principal amount retired	$ 476,200,000
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Principal Amount Redeemed Including Accrued and Unpaid Interest	$ 521,800,000
Senior notes		$ 475,819,000	$ 0		$ 475,819,000		$ 0	$ 475,819,000
Loss on early retirement of debt				$ 38,300,000
Debt redemption premium				37,300,000
Deferred financing cost written off				800,000
Write off of debt discount and interest rate swaps				$ 200,000
Subsidiary debt obligations \| Senior Notes Due 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, principal amount			$ 142,000,000				$ 142,000,000
Subsidiary debt obligations \| Senior Notes \| Senior Notes Due 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, interest rate		6.90%	6.90%		6.90%		6.90%	6.90%
Senior notes		$ 134,913,000	$ 137,213,000		$ 134,913,000		$ 137,213,000	$ 134,913,000