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

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=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571

Name:	us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage
Namespace Prefix:	us-gaap_
Data Type:	num:percentItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies and Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Additional Information (Detail)				1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2012 Solazyme Bunge JV	Apr. 02, 2012 Parent Company Solazyme Bunge JV	Nov. 03, 2010 Parent Company Solazyme Roquette Joint Venture	Apr. 02, 2012 Bunge	Apr. 02, 2012 Bunge Solazyme Bunge JV	Nov. 03, 2010 Roquette Freres, S. A.	Nov. 03, 2010 Roquette Freres, S. A. Solazyme Roquette Joint Venture	Sep. 30, 2013 Joint Venture Dissolution Solazyme Roquette Joint Venture	Jun. 30, 2013 Joint Venture Dissolution Solazyme Roquette Joint Venture
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Joint venture agreement date				Apr. 02, 2012		Nov. 03, 2010
Ownership percentage	49.90%	50.10%	50.00%		49.90%		50.00%
Joint venture dissolution date								Jul. 18, 2013	Jul. 18, 2013