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Segments, Products and Customers (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Net sales	$ 29,990	$ 29,599	$ 93,691	$ 89,042
Cream and Drinkable Kefir other than ProBugs [Member]
Net sales	25,533	25,902	80,135	76,723
ProBugs[Member]
Net sales	1,606	1,702	4,962	5,999
Lifeway Farmer Cheese [Member]
Net sales	2,479	1,661	7,579	5,125
Frozen Kefir [Member]
Net sales	$ 372	$ 334	$ 1,015	$ 1,195

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Aggregate revenue during the period from sale of goods in the normal course of business, before deducting returns, allowances and discounts.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=63488584&loc=d3e20235-122688

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