CONSOLIDATED AND COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	5 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Net sales	$ 111,081		$ 164,026	$ 159,669
Cost of sales (excluding amortization, shown separately below)	91,752		32,655	59,977
Gross profit	19,329		131,371	99,692
Research and development expenses	5,256		13,779	14,767
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	31,317		61,847	61,892
Amortization of intangibles	16,504		41,910	40,327
Impairment of long lived assets	0		0	10,795
Goodwill impairment	0		0	62,373
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(23,692)		(26,948)	(53,608)
Operating income (loss)	(10,056)		40,783	(36,854)
Other income (expense)	(24)		611	(173)
Gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange	(387)		13,344	(3,274)
Interest expense, net	(23,202)		(35,755)	(58,239)
Income (loss) before income taxes	(33,669)		18,983	(98,540)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes	(19,232)		(4,579)	13,020
Net income (loss) including non-controlling interests	(14,437)		23,562	(111,560)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests	0		(91)	0
Net income (loss) attributable to AgroFresh Solutions, Inc	$ (14,437)		$ 23,471	$ (111,560)
Income (loss) per common share attributable to AgroFresh stockholders:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ (0.29)		$ 0.47	$ (2.26)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.29)		$ 0.47	$ (2.26)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	49,691,206		49,808,600	49,462,205
Diluted (in shares)	49,691,206		50,191,303	49,462,205
Predecessor
Net sales		$ 52,682
Cost of sales (excluding amortization, shown separately below)		10,630
Gross profit		42,052
Research and development expenses		11,599
Selling, general, and administrative expenses		16,774
Amortization of intangibles		16,895
Impairment of long lived assets		0
Goodwill impairment		0
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		0
Operating income (loss)		(3,216)
Other income (expense)		8
Gain (loss) on foreign currency exchange		0
Interest expense, net		0
Income (loss) before income taxes		(3,208)
(Benefit) provision for income taxes		10,849
Net income (loss) including non-controlling interests		(14,057)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests		0
Net income (loss) attributable to AgroFresh Solutions, Inc		$ (14,057)
Income (loss) per common share attributable to AgroFresh stockholders:
Basic (in dollars per share)		$ 0.00
Diluted (in dollars per share)		$ 0.00
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)		0
Diluted (in shares)		0