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Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Nature of Operations [Text Block] | BUSINESS The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company,” and herein referred to as “we,” “us,” and “our”) manufacture, market, distribute and sell organic and natural products under brand names which are sold as “better-for-you” products. We are a leader in many organic and natural products categories, with many recognized brands. Our brand names are well recognized in the various market categories they serve and include Earth’s Best®, Ella’s Kitchen®, Celestial Seasonings®, Terra®, Garden of Eatin’®, Sensible Portions®, The Greek Gods®, Spectrum®, Spectrum Essentials®, Rice Dream®, Soy Dream®, Almond Dream®, Imagine®, WestSoy®, Arrowhead Mills®, MaraNatha®, SunSpire®, Health Valley®, BluePrint®, Lima®, Danival®, GG UniqueFiber TM, Yves Veggie Cuisine®, Europe’s Best®, DeBoles®, Linda McCartney® (under license), The New Covent Garden Soup Co.®, Johnson’s Juice Co.®, Farmhouse Fare®, Cully & Sully®, Hartley’s®, Sun-Pat®, Gale’s®, Robertson’s® and Frank Cooper’s®. Our personal care products are marketed under the Avalon Organics®, Alba Botanica®, JASON®, Queen Helene® and Earth’s Best® brands. We have a minority investment in Hain Pure Protein Corporation (“HPP” or “Hain Pure Protein”), which processes, markets and distributes antibiotic-free chicken and turkey products. We also have an investment in a joint venture in Hong Kong with Hutchison China Meditech Ltd. (“Chi-Med”), a majority owned subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, a company listed on the Alternative Investment Market, a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange, to market and distribute certain of the Company’s brands in China and other markets. Our operations are managed by geography, and are comprised of four operating segments: United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Europe. Refer to Note 16 for additional information and selected financial information for our segments.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 275 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6927468&loc=d3e6003-108592 + Details
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