Alto Ingredients, Inc. General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies

General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies

8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details 4)

8. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS (Details 4) (Level 3 [Member], USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013
Warrants [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Beginning Balance	$ 4,892
Warrant exercises	(260)
Adjustments to fair value for the period	(93)
Ending Balance	8,079
Warrants [Member] \| Issuance In January [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Issuance of warrants	2,657
Warrants [Member] \| Issuance In March [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Issuance of warrants	883
Conversion Feature [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Beginning Balance
Warrant exercises
Adjustments to fair value for the period
Ending Balance	1,401
Conversion Feature [Member] \| Issuance In January [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Issuance of warrants
Conversion Feature [Member] \| Issuance In March [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Issuance of warrants	$ 1,401

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Equity impact of the value of stock that has been repurchased during the period and has not been retired and is not held in treasury. Some state laws may mandate the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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