Business Combination (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			5 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Jul. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Working capital settlement			$ 15,057				$ 17,000
Goodwill		$ 62,400	56,006		$ 62,400		$ 0
Payment of deferred underwriter compensation			7,800
AgroFresh Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares issued as consideration (in shares)		6,000,000
Cash consideration		$ 635,000
Contingent consideration	[1]	$ 50,000			50,000
Period over which earnout is measured	[1]	2 years
Goodwill		$ 62,373			62,373
Business combination transaction expenses			1,800	$ 1,300	1,400	$ 700
Payment of business combination transaction expenses			$ 1,200
AgroFresh Inc. | Deferred acquisition payment
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration		$ 50,000			50,000
Period over which earnout is measured	[1]	2 years
AgroFresh Inc. | Tax amortization benefit contingency
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	[2]	$ 337,000			337,000
AgroFresh Inc. | Common stock
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of shares issued as consideration (in shares)	[3]	17,500,000
AgroFresh Inc. | Warrant purchase agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of warrants issuable to seller (in shares)		6,000,000
AgroFresh Inc. | Tax receivables agreement
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Percentage of any tax savings owed to seller		85.00%
In-process research and development | AgroFresh Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Finite-lived intangibles		$ 39,000			$ 39,000

[1] Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Dow a deferred payment of $50 million subject to the achievement of a specified average Business EBITDA level over the two year period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2017. The Company estimated the fair value of the deferred payment using the Black-Scholes option pricing model.

[2] Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company is required to reimburse Dow for any value-added or transfer taxes paid by Dow in conjunction with the Business Combination.

[3] The Company issued 17.5 million shares of common stock valued at $12.00 per share as of July 31, 2015.