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Sale of Nutritional Bar Assets and Powder Facility (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	10 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 26, 2015
Bar APA \| Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale
Divestiture
Sales price of assets and transferred contracts		$ 7,910	$ 7,910
Bar APA \| Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale \| Other Current Assets
Divestiture
Sales price of assets and transferred contracts		4,100	4,100
Sales price of inventory		4,700	4,700
Bar APA \| Held-for-sale
Divestiture
Sales price of assets and transferred contracts	$ 12,000
Powder APA \| Disposed of by Sale
Divestiture
Sales price of assets and transferred contracts				$ 4,228
Sales price of inventory				$ 16,722
APAs \| Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale
Divestiture
Cumulative charges			34,987
Accelerated depreciation expense and write off of goodwill related to divestiture	28,000
Workforce reduction	2,500
Charges related to divestiture		5,494
Loss on write-off of goodwill			5,541
Accelerated depreciation charges		2,337	22,540
Severance and employee related costs		$ 3,157	2,510
Gain on transferred contract	1,692		1,692
Other costs			$ 6,088
APAs \| Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale \| Minimum
Divestiture
Cumulative charges	36,000
Other costs	7,000
APAs \| Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale \| Maximum
Divestiture
Cumulative charges	39,000
Other costs	10,000
APAs \| Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale \| Consumer Products Group
Divestiture
Write-off of goodwill	4,892
APAs \| Held-for-sale or Disposed of by Sale \| Puritan's Pride
Divestiture
Write-off of goodwill	$ 649

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