Business Combinations and Asset Acquisition (Details) $ in Millions						3 Months Ended	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	13 Months Ended
	Apr. 09, 2018 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2017 USD ($)	Apr. 04, 2017 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 country	Nov. 07, 2017 country
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of operating countries | country										50
Verigo
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Payments to acquire software	$ 1.8
Amendment agreement | Dow
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Increase (decrease) in liabilities				$ 20.0
Cash paid to related party		$ 10.0		$ 10.0
Tax receivables agreement (TRA) | Dow
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Rate of tax receivable agreement				50.00%
AgroFresh Inc.
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Cash consideration					$ 635.0
Tecnidex Fruit Protection, S.A.U.
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Cash consideration			$ 20.0				$ 25.0	$ 2.3	$ 22.3
Percentage of voting interests acquired			75.00%
Common Stock | AgroFresh Inc.
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares issued as consideration (in shares) | shares					17,500,000
Level 3 | Tecnidex Fruit Protection, S.A.U.
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Contingent consideration			$ 0.7
Adjustment to purchase price allocation						$ 2.8
Tecnidex Fruit Protection, S.A.U. | Tecnidex Fruit Protection, S.A.U.
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of operating countries | country											18