Subsequent Events Subsequent Events	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	Subsequent Events On July 7, 2014, the Company announced that it is acquiring WILD Flavors GmbH, providing the Company the ability to offer food and beverage companies a comprehensive suite of systems to enhance their products. In an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €2.3 billion enterprise value, the Company will pay €2.2 billion to WILD Flavors shareholders Dr. Hans-Peter Wild and funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., and assume approximately €0.1 billion of net debt. The transaction is contingent on regulatory approvals and is expected to close by December 31, 2014. On August 5, 2014, the Company amended its U.S. qualified pension plans and began notifying certain eligible individuals of its offer to pay those individuals’ pension benefit in a lump sum. Individuals eligible for the voluntary lump sum payment option are generally those who are retirees, surviving joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees of the U.S. qualified pension plans who are currently receiving a payment and commenced their benefit prior to June 30, 2014. The Company estimates that, depending on participation rates estimated at 20% to 40%, the voluntary lump sum payments, to be paid from plan assets, could reduce its global pension benefit obligation by approximately $170 million to $340 million and improve its pension underfunding by approximately $13 million to $26 million. The Company estimates that it will also have to incur a non-cash pre-tax income statement charge of approximately $45 million to $90 million in the quarter ending December 31, 2014 as a result of the requirement to expense the unrealized actuarial losses currently recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) that relate to the liabilities settled on or before December 31, 2014. The Company expects an immaterial increase in ongoing pension expense in 2015. Actual participation rates, payout amounts, and accounting impacts will not be known until December 2014.

Subsequent Events

On July 7, 2014, the Company announced that it is acquiring WILD Flavors GmbH, providing the Company the ability to offer food and beverage companies a comprehensive suite of systems to enhance their products. In an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €2.3 billion enterprise value, the Company will pay €2.2 billion to WILD Flavors shareholders Dr. Hans-Peter Wild and funds affiliated with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., and assume approximately €0.1 billion of net debt. The transaction is contingent on regulatory approvals and is expected to close by December 31, 2014.

On August 5, 2014, the Company amended its U.S. qualified pension plans and began notifying certain eligible individuals of its offer to pay those individuals’ pension benefit in a lump sum. Individuals eligible for the voluntary lump sum payment option are generally those who are retirees, surviving joint annuitants, beneficiaries, and alternate payees of the U.S. qualified pension plans who are currently receiving a payment and commenced their benefit prior to June 30, 2014. The Company estimates that, depending on participation rates estimated at 20% to 40%, the voluntary lump sum payments, to be paid from plan assets, could reduce its global pension benefit obligation by approximately $170 million to $340 million and improve its pension underfunding by approximately $13 million to $26 million. The Company estimates that it will also have to incur a non-cash pre-tax income statement charge of approximately $45 million to $90 million in the quarter ending December 31, 2014 as a result of the requirement to expense the unrealized actuarial losses currently recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss) that relate to the liabilities settled on or before December 31, 2014. The Company expects an immaterial increase in ongoing pension expense in 2015. Actual participation rates, payout amounts, and accounting impacts will not be known until December 2014.