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Significant Accounting Policies (Details 1)
 12 Months Ended 22 Months Ended 56 Months Ended
Dec. 28, 2013
Apr. 19, 2010
Jan. 02, 2015
Volatility 75.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate 402.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate 77.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
ChromaDex [Member]      
Volatility 243.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_ParentCompanyMember		    
Benchmark 1 [Member]      
Volatility 35.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cdxc_Benchmark1Member		    
Benchmark 2 [Member]      
Volatility 30.00%us-gaap_FairValueAssumptionsWeightedAverageVolatilityRate
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= cdxc_Benchmark2Member