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Acquisitions - Schedule of intangible assets acquired (Details) - Frutarom - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
	Oct. 04, 2018	Mar. 31, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Amounts		$ 2,668,300
Product formula
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Amounts		290,000
Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Amounts		2,230,000
Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Amounts		140,000
Favorable/Unfavorable Leases, net
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Estimated Amounts		$ 8,300
Minimum | Product formula
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life	10 years
Minimum | Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life	18 years
Minimum | Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life	23 years
Minimum | Favorable/Unfavorable Leases, net
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life	5 years
Maximum | Product formula
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life	12 years
Maximum | Customer relationships
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life	23 years
Maximum | Trade names
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life	26 years
Maximum | Favorable/Unfavorable Leases, net
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Weighted-Average Useful Life	15 years

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Weighted average amortization period of finite-lived intangible assets acquired either individually or as part of a group of assets, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 350
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)(3)
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