Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 9,659	$ 7,684
Cost of goods sold	8,605	6,270
Gross profit	1,054	1,414
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative	3,487	3,315
Depreciation and amortization	505	818
Total operating expenses	3,992	4,133
Income (loss) from operations	(2,938)	(2,719)
Other income (expense):
Interest income	49	15
Interest Expense	(799)	(1,188)
Change in fair value of derivative warrant and conversion liabilities	173	2,058
Foreign currency exchange, net	(219)	75
Financing expense	0	(1,122)
Other income	157	46
Other expense	(75)	(198)
Total other income (expense)	(714)	(314)
Loss before income taxes	(3,652)	(3,033)
Income tax benefit	6	248
Net loss	(3,646)	(2,785)
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest in Nutra SA	644	920
Net loss attributable to RiceBran Technologies shareholders	$ (3,002)	$ (1,865)
Loss per share attributable to RiceBran Technologies shareholders
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.33)	$ (0.62)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.33)	$ (0.62)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
Basic (in shares)	9,154,134	3,017,408
Diluted (in shares)	9,154,134	3,017,408