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Goodwill And Intangible Assets | 12 Months Ended
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Nov. 30, 2022
Goodwill And Intangible Assets [Abstract ] |
Goodwill And Intangible Assets | GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS The following table displays intangible assets as of November 30:
| 2022 | 2021
(millions) | Gross carrying amount | Accumulated amortization | Gross carrying amount | Accumulated amortization
Definite-lived intangible assets | $ | 536.6 |  | $ | 192.1 |  | $ | 549.6 |  | $ | 164.5 |
Indefinite-lived intangible assets: |  |  |  |
Goodwill | 5,212.9 |  | — |  | 5,335.8 |  | — |
Brand names and trademarks | 3,043.4 |  | — |  | 3,067.4 |  | — |
| 8,256.3 |  | — |  | 8,403.2 |  | — |
Total goodwill and intangible assets | $ | 8,792.9 |  | $ | 192.1 |  | $ | 8,952.8 |  | $ | 164.5 |
As more fully described in note 3, in 2022, we exited our consumer business in Russia and recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $10.0 million associated with the Kamis brand name to reduce its carrying value to its estimated fair value. Also as more fully described in note 3, we exited our Kohinoor rice product line in India in 2021 and recorded non-cash impairment charges of $7.4 million and $3.8 million associated with the Kohinoor brand name and customer relationship asset in India, respectively. Intangible asset amortization expense was $35.1 million, $35.6 million and $20.2 million for 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. At November 30, 2022, definite-lived intangible assets had a weighted-average remaining life of approximately 11 years. The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by segment for the years ended November 30 were as follows:
| 2022 | 2021
(millions) | Consumer | Flavor Solutions | Consumer | Flavor Solutions
Beginning of year | $ | 3,674.7 |  | $ | 1,661.1 |  | $ | 3,711.2 |  | $ | 1,275.1 |
Increase from acquisition | — |  | — |  | — |  | 389.7 |
Changes in preliminary purchase price allocation | — |  | — |  | 0.5 |  | 0.3 |
Decrease from sale of business (1) | (21.5) |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Foreign currency fluctuations | (85.0) |  | (16.4) |  | (37.0) |  | (4.0) |
End of year | $ | 3,568.2 |  | $ | 1,644.7 |  | $ | 3,674.7 |  | $ | 1,661.1 |
(1) The sale of Kitchen basics is further described in note 2. The December 2020 FONA acquisition resulted in the allocation of $389.7 million of goodwill to the flavor solutions segment.

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