Business Combination (Details) - USD ($)		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Preliminary purchase price allocation
Goodwill			$ 41,555,000
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Payment of deferred underwriter compensation			7,800,000
Predecessor
Preliminary purchase price allocation
Goodwill								$ 155,953,000
AgroFresh Inc.
Business Combination
Cash consideration	$ 635,000,000	$ 635,000,000
Purchase consideration
Cash consideration	635,000,000	635,000,000
Stock consideration		210,000,000
Warrant consideration		19,020,000
Total purchase price		1,026,366,000
Contingent consideration	$ 50,000,000	50,000,000				$ 50,000,000
Period over which earnout is measured	2 years
Preliminary purchase price allocation
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 9,459,000	9,459,000				9,459,000
Accounts receivable and other receivables	30,710,000	30,710,000				30,710,000
Inventories	129,062,000	129,062,000				129,062,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	359,000	359,000				359,000
Total current assets	169,590,000	169,590,000				169,590,000
Property and equipment	4,364,000	4,364,000				4,364,000
Identifiable intangible assets	836,044,000	836,044,000				836,044,000
Noncurrent deferred tax asset	401,000	401,000				401,000
Other assets	862,000	862,000				862,000
Total identifiable assets acquired	1,011,261,000	1,011,261,000				1,011,261,000
Accounts payable	(364,000)	(364,000)				(364,000)
Accrued and other current liabilities	(7,746,000)	(7,746,000)				(7,746,000)
Pension and deferred compensation	(712,000)	(712,000)				(712,000)
Other long-term liabilities	(1,823,000)	(1,823,000)				(1,823,000)
Current deferred tax liability	(401,000)	(401,000)				(401,000)
Deferred tax liability	(14,371,000)	(14,371,000)				(14,371,000)
Other liabilities	(1,033,000)	(1,033,000)				(1,033,000)
Net identifiable assets acquired	984,811,000	984,811,000				984,811,000
Goodwill	41,555,000	41,555,000				41,555,000
Total purchase price	1,026,366,000	1,026,366,000				1,026,366,000
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Total intangible assets	836,044,000	$ 836,044,000				836,044,000
Weighted average life of finite-lived intangible assets (in years)		19 years 10 months 21 days
Amount of goodwill expected to be deductible for income tax purposes	0	$ 0				0
Transaction costs		100,000	1,800,000		$ 1,300,000	1,400,000		$ 700,000
Payments related to transaction expenses			$ 1,200,000
Unaudited pro forma combined financial information
Net Sales		1,990,000		$ 65,745,000		51,515,000	$ 112,239,000
Net (loss) income		(5,870,000)		$ 35,527,000		(37,585,000)	$ 2,218,000
AgroFresh Inc. | Service provider network
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Indefinite-lived intangibles	2,000,000	2,000,000				2,000,000
AgroFresh Inc. | Trade name
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Indefinite-lived intangibles	35,500,000	35,500,000				35,500,000
AgroFresh Inc. | Software
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Finite-lived intangibles	44,000	$ 44,000				44,000
Useful life (in years)		4 years
AgroFresh Inc. | Developed Technology
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Finite-lived intangibles	790,500,000	$ 790,500,000				790,500,000
AgroFresh Inc. | Developed Technology | Minimum
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Useful life (in years)		12 years
AgroFresh Inc. | Developed Technology | Maximum
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Useful life (in years)		23 years
AgroFresh Inc. | Customer relationships
Preliminary values allocated to intangible assets and useful lives
Finite-lived intangibles	8,000,000	$ 8,000,000				8,000,000
Useful life (in years)		24 years
AgroFresh Inc. | Deferred payment
Purchase consideration
Contingent consideration		$ 17,172,000
Contingent consideration	$ 50,000,000	50,000,000				50,000,000
Period over which earnout is measured	2 years
AgroFresh Inc. | Tax amortization benefit contingency
Purchase consideration
Contingent consideration		145,174,000
Contingent consideration	$ 319,000,000	$ 319,000,000				$ 319,000,000
Period of amortization on estimated intangible write-up (in years)	15 years
Tax effect rate (as a percent)	37.00%
AgroFresh Inc. | Common Stock
Business Combination
Number of shares issued as consideration	17,500,000
Purchase consideration
Number of shares issued as consideration	17,500,000
Issue price of stock (in dollars per share)	$ 12.00	$ 12.00				$ 12.00
AgroFresh Inc. | Warrant Purchase Agreement
Business Combination
Percentage of repurchased warrants to be issued to seller	66.67%
Number of warrants issuable to seller	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	50.00%
Purchase consideration
Number of warrants issuable to seller	6,000,000
Issue price of warrants (in dollars per share)	$ 3.17
AgroFresh Inc. | Warrant Purchase Agreement | Warrants issued in connection with IPO
Business Combination
Period following closing that entity shall repurchase warrants	9 months
Aggregate amount of warrants to be repurchased	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000				$ 10,000,000
Maximum price per share of warrants to be repurchased (in dollars per share)	$ 1.25	$ 1.25				$ 1.25
AgroFresh Inc. | Warrant Purchase Agreement | Warrants issued in connection with Private Placement
Business Combination
Aggregate amount of warrants to be repurchased	$ 10,000,000	$ 10,000,000				$ 10,000,000
Repurchase price per share or per unit of warrants (in dollars per share)	$ 1.00	$ 1.00				$ 1.00
AgroFresh Inc. | Tax Receivables Agreement
Business Combination
Percentage of any tax savings owed to seller	85.00%