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Debt (Debt Redemption) (Details) (Darling International Senior Unsecured Notes [Member], Unsecured Debt [Member]) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2013
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption period | 90 days
Redemption price, percentage of principal amount redeemed | 35.00%
Redemption price, percentage of principal amount that remains outstanding after redemption | 65.00%
Minimum [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Notice period | 30 days
Maximum [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Notice period | 60 days
Until December 15, 2013 [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price, percentage | 108.50%
Prior to December 15, 2014 [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price, percentage | 100.00%
2014 [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price, percentage | 104.25%
2015 [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price, percentage | 102.125%
2016 and thereafter [Member] |
Debt Instrument, Redemption [Line Items] |
Redemption price, percentage | 100.00%

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- Definition Debt Instrument, Redemption, Percentage of Principal Amount That Remains Outstanding After Redemption + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 942 -SubTopic 470 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -Subparagraph e -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6479336&loc=d3e64711-112823 + Details
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