Business Segments (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 02, 2016	Apr. 04, 2015	Jan. 02, 2016
Business Segmentation
Net sales	$ 7,331,945	$ 5,260,971
Cost of sales	3,880,526	3,333,347
Gross profit	3,451,419	1,927,624
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	544,722	585,777
Research and development	464,072	121,095
General and administrative	1,988,559	2,126,836
Operating expenses	2,997,353	2,833,708
Operating income (loss)	454,066	(906,084)
Total assets	16,533,736		$ 18,749,209
Ingredients Segment [Member]
Business Segmentation
Net sales	4,600,626	2,680,341
Cost of sales	2,099,162	1,603,176
Gross profit	2,501,464	1,077,165
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	331,743	274,624
Research and development	$ 464,072	$ 121,095
General and administrative
Operating expenses	$ 795,815	$ 395,719
Operating income (loss)	1,705,649	681,446
Total assets	9,566,763		9,105,502
Core Standards and Contract Services Segment [Member]
Business Segmentation
Net sales	2,583,666	2,300,043
Cost of sales	1,671,984	1,573,784
Gross profit	911,682	726,259
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	$ 209,379	$ 310,944
Research and development
General and administrative
Operating expenses	$ 209,379	$ 310,944
Operating income (loss)	702,303	415,315
Total assets	3,268,647		3,306,624
Scientific and Regulatory Consulting Segment [Member]
Business Segmentation
Net sales	147,653	280,587
Cost of sales	109,380	156,387
Gross profit	38,273	124,200
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing	$ 3,600	$ 209
Research and development
General and administrative
Operating expenses	$ 3,600	$ 209
Operating income (loss)	34,673	$ 123,991
Total assets	$ 89,354		111,765
Other Segment [Member]
Business Segmentation
Net sales
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing
Research and development
General and administrative	$ 1,988,559	$ 2,126,836
Operating expenses	1,988,559	2,126,836
Operating income (loss)	(1,988,559)	$ (2,126,836)
Total assets	$ 3,608,972		$ 622,318