Subsequent Events (Details) - AgroFresh Inc.		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)
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Transaction cost related to the Initial Business Combination		$ 800,000		$ 800,000
Nonrecurring adjustments excluded from calculation of unaudited pro forma adjustments				19,700,000
Net Sales		17,229	$ 17,372	49,525	$ 46,494
Net loss		$ (25,619)	$ (25,655)	$ (34,093)	$ (34,344)
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Cash consideration	$ 635,000,000
Contingent consideration liability subject to achievement of a specified average EBITDA level from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017	$ 50,000,000
Period over which earnout is measured	2 years
Subsequent Event | Private Placement
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Number of Private Placement Shares issued | shares	4,878,048
Price per Private Placement Shares (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 10.25
Agregate price for Private Placement Shares	$ 50,000,000
Number of Private Placement Investors | item	5
Subsequent Event | Common Stock
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Number of shares issued as consideration | shares	17,500,000
Subsequent Event | Investor Rights Agreement | Common Stock
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Lock-up period for common stock following the Closing	12 months
Period following the date of Consolidation Notice that the Company has not engaged R&H to reduce its ownership percentage to remediate the Consolidation Risk	20 days
Subsequent Event | Tax Receivables Agreement
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Percentage of any tax savings owed to seller	85.00%
Subsequent Event | Transmission Service Agreement
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Execution fee paid to TDCC	$ 5,000,000
Subsequent Event | Warrant Purchase Agreement
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Percentage of repurchased warrants to be issued to seller	66.67%
Number of warrants issuable to seller | shares	6,000,000
Cost for transfer of warrants from Sponsor	$ 0
Percentage of difference between previously issued warrants and total warrants issuable to seller to be transferred from Sponsor	0.50%
Subsequent Event | Warrant Purchase Agreement | Warrants issued in connection with IPO
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Period following closing that entity shall repurchase warrants	9 months
Aggregate amount of warrants to be repurchased	$ 10,000,000
Maximum price per share of warrants to be repurchased (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.25
Subsequent Event | Warrant Purchase Agreement | Warrants issued in connection with Private Placement
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Aggregate amount of warrants to be repurchased	$ 10,000,000
Repurchase price per share or per unit of warrants (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 1.00
Subsequent Event | Escrow Agreement Amendment | Common Stock
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Escrow period of the warrants held by Initial Stockholders after the Closing Date	30 days
Subsequent Event | Minimum | Transmission Service Agreement
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Period of transition services from TDCC following the Closing date	6 months
Subsequent Event | Maximum | Transmission Service Agreement
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Period of transition services from TDCC following the Closing date	5 years
Subsequent Event | Credit Facility | ABR
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Margin of interest (as a percent)	3.75%
Subsequent Event | Credit Facility | LIBOR
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Margin of interest (as a percent)	4.75%
Subsequent Event | Term Loan
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Maximum borrowing available	$ 425,000,000
Amortization per year (as a percent)	1.00%
Subsequent Event | Revolving loan
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Maximum borrowing available	$ 25,000,000
Subsequent Event | Letter-of-credit sub-facility
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Maximum borrowing available	$ 10,000,000