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Segments And Products (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Total sales	$ 130,215,716	$ 108,966,094	$ 89,754,007
Lifeway Farmer Cheese [Member]
Total sales	10,266,319	9,388,067	9,777,033
Drinkable Kefir Other Than ProBugs [Member]
Total sales	110,297,098	90,441,363	73,003,926
ProBugs[Member]
Total sales	7,867,980	7,126,630	4,628,990
Frozen Kefir [Member]
Total sales	$ 1,784,319	$ 2,010,034	$ 2,344,058

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Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss).

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-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 225



-SubTopic 10



-Section S99



-Paragraph 2



-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)



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-Publisher SEC



-Name Regulation S-X (SX)



-Number 210



-Section 03



-Paragraph 1



-Article 5

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