v2.4.0.8

Variable interest entities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 28, 2013

Variable Interest Entities [Abstract]

Variable Interest Entities Textblock

18. Variable Interest Entity

TOC holds an investment in a joint venture in Ethiopia related to hulling of organic sesame seeds. TOC purchases all of the output from the joint venture, and sells the product through its existing sales and marketing channels. TOC holds 35% of the voting common shares and consolidates its variable interest in the joint venture, as it has been determined to be the primary beneficiary.

The liabilities of the VIE consolidated by the Company represent claims against the specific assets of the VIE, and not additional claims on the Company's general assets. There is no recourse available to the creditors of the VIE against the Company. The impact of consolidating the investment in the joint venture on the consolidated balance sheet is as follows:

				December 28, 2013	December 29, 2012
				$	$
Current assets				1,780	1,330
Property, plant and equipment				1,163	1,320
Current liabilities				(462)	(482)
Long-term debt				(311)	(664)
Long-term liabilities				(223)	(271)
Non-controlling interest				429	429
Net investment by the Company				2,376	1,662

X

- Details

Name:	stkl_VariableInterestEntitiesAbstract
Namespace Prefix:	stkl_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Definition

The disclosure of the company's variable interest entities, for instance, (1) the significant judgments and assumptions made by an enterprise in determining whether it must consolidate a VIE and/or disclose information about its involvement with a VIE, (2) the nature of restrictions on a consolidated VIE's assets reported by an enterprise in its statement of financial position, including the carrying amounts of such assets, (3) the nature of, and changes in, the risks associated with an enterprise's involvement with the VIE, and (4) how an enterprise's involvement with the VIE affects the enterprise's financial position, financial performance, and cash flows.

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	stkl_VariableInterestEntitiesTextblock
Namespace Prefix:	stkl_
Data Type:	nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration