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12. Segments, Products and Customers (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Total sales		$ 32,117	$ 32,570
Drinkable Kefir [Member]
Total sales	[1]	27,760	28,067
Lifeway Cheese Products [Member]
Total sales		2,598	2,637
ProBugs Kefer products [Member]
Total sales		1,452	1,641
Frozen Kefir [Member]
Total sales		$ 307	$ 225
[1] Excludes ProBugs Kefir products, and includes cream, cupped Kefir and cupped cheese products, supplements and other.

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- Definition

Aggregate revenue during the period from the sale of goods in the normal course of business, after 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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