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Stockholders' Equity and Stock-Based Compensation Non-Vested Stock, Restricted Stock Unit and Performance Share Unit Awards (Details) - shares			12 Months Ended
	Feb. 25, 2016	Jan. 07, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016	Jan. 02, 2016	Jan. 03, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted (in shares)			454,916
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted (in shares)			147,390
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Annual vesting after initial cliff			33.33%
Shares granted (in shares)	664,120		664,120
Shares vested (in shares)			0
Stock Awards [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Initial cliff			25.00%
Annual vesting after initial cliff			25.00%
Shares granted (in shares)			602,306	524,225	1,436,658
Shares vested (in shares)			(413,654)	(714,626)	(861,772)
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Initial cliff			25.00%
Annual vesting after initial cliff			25.00%
Common stock equivalent (in share)			1
Vion Ingredients [Member] | Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares granted (in shares)		975,000
Award vesting rights, percentage		75.00%
Shares vested (in shares)		(118,750)	(252,087)
Vion Ingredients [Member] | Fully Vested Performance Award [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting rights, percentage		25.00%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
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