Percentage of equity received in the disposal of discontinued operation, Percent

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operations, Closing Costs

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66011266&loc=d3e33918-111571

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The Company Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Aug. 16, 2016	Apr. 02, 2012
Algenist skincare
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 20.2
Closing costs	$ 1.4
Disposal group, consideration, equity, percent	19.90%
Parent Company \| Solazyme Bunge JV
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage		50.10%
Bunge Global Innovation Llc \| Solazyme Bunge JV
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Ownership percentage		49.90%