White Wave Spin-Off Transaction and Disposition of Remaining Ownership of White Wave Common Stock - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended				12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Jul. 11, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2011	Jul. 11, 2013 Term Loan One	Jul. 11, 2013 Term Loan Two	Oct. 31, 2012 WhiteWave Foods	Jul. 11, 2013 WhiteWave Foods	Dec. 31, 2013 WhiteWave Foods Subsidiary Senior Secured Credit Facilities	Jul. 25, 2013 WhiteWave Foods Common Class A	May 23, 2013 WhiteWave Foods Common Class A	Oct. 31, 2012 WhiteWave Foods Common Class A	Sep. 30, 2013 WhiteWave Foods Common Class A	Dec. 31, 2013 WhiteWave Foods Common Class A	May 23, 2013 WhiteWave Foods Common Class B	Oct. 31, 2012 WhiteWave Foods Common Class B
Initial Public Offering [Line Items]
Common stock sold											23,000,000
Common stock at a price											$ 17
Common Stock Shares															150,000,000
Increase in equity portion attributable to noncontrolling interest			$ 6,754,000			$ 98,100,000
Increase in additional paid in capital						265,000,000
Reduction in accumulated other comprehensive loss						(4,500,000)
Initial net proceeds from the IPO						282,000,000
Repayment of indebtedness								86,000,000
Number of shares owned											0				150,000,000
Percentage of share owned						98.50%									100.00%
Common stock voting rights						The rights of the holders of the shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock were identical, except with respect to voting and conversion. Each share of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote per share, and each share of class B common stock was, at that time entitled to ten votes per share, subject to reduction in accordance with the terms of WhiteWave's amended and restated certificate of incorporation, on all matters presented to WhiteWave stockholders.								Ten Votes
Economic Interest of outstanding shares						86.70%				19.90%
Number of common shares distributed as dividend										47,686,000				67,914,000
Number of shares distributed per share										0.25544448				0.36380189
Number of common stock converted from class B to Class A										82,086,000				82,086,000
Common stock shares outstanding to be retained										34,400,000
Spin-Off of The WhiteWave Foods Company		(699,026,000)								617,100,000
Term loans aggregate principal amount	626,750,000			545,000,000	81,750,000
Term loans aggregate principal amount due date				Aug. 12, 2013	Sep. 09, 2013
Margin rate in addition to LIBOR for credit facility	2.50%
Consolidated leverage ratio							4.00
Consolidated interest coverage ratio							300.00%
Number of share for public offering									34,400,000
Number of share for public offering price per share									$ 17.75
Cash proceeds from debt-for-equity exchange												589,200,000
Income (loss) from continuing operations		$ 415,783,000										$ 415,800,000	$ 415,800,000