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EBP, Debt, Available for Future Release for ESOP, Value

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EBP, Debt, Released for ESOP, Value

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Percentage, Tranche 1

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Service Period

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Service Period, Initial 50 Percent

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EBP, Guaranteed Minimum Funding

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EBP, Investment of Assets in Large Capitalization Companies, Percent

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EBP, Market Value of Company

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EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Eligibility, Minimum Account Balance

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Maximum Borrowing Term

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EBP, Note Receivable From Participant, Minimum Borrowing Term

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Automatic, Annual Increase Deferral Rate

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Maximum Contribution to Eligible Compensation, Percentage

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EBP, Threshold Period for Automatic Enrollment of Eligible Participants

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- Definition

Amount of debt of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Interest rate on debt of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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-Topic 962
-SubTopic 205
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- Definition

Number of shares released for employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) or feature within employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Amount of decrease in forfeited nonvested account of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from employer contribution.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Topic 962
-SubTopic 325
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-Section 55
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Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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Amount of minimum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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- Definition

Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
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-Section 103
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Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 003 - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Description of the Plan (Details) - EBP 003 - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2025	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2022
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Guaranteed minimum funding	$ 130,000,000
Long-term note payable to Colgate-Palmolive Company	$ 0	$ 19,000
Interest rate		5.70%
Shares released and and allocated to participant accounts	6,646,688	7,334,758
Value of shares released and allocated to participant accounts	$ 525,221,000	$ 666,803,000
Shares available for future release for ESOP		93,585
Value of shares available for future release for ESOP		$ 8,508,000
Forfeited nonvested account	140,000	$ 83,000
Forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution	1,587,000
Minimum account balance	1,000
Minimum borrowing, amount	500
Maximum borrowing, amount	$ 50,000
Maximum borrowing, to total account, percentage	50.00%
Minimum borrowing term	1 year
Maximum borrowing term	25 years
Savings Program
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Automatic deferral rate	6.00%		3.00%
Threshold period for automatic enrollment of eligible participants	45 days
Automatic deferral rate, annual increase	1.00%		1.00%
Maximum annual compensation to total compensation, percentage	10.00%		6.00%
Participant compensation matched, percentage	6.00%
Vesting percentage	50.00%
Vesting period, initial 50%	2 years
Vesting period, fully vested	3 years
Company Retirement Contributions Program
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	50.00%
Vesting period, initial 50%	2 years
Vesting period, fully vested	3 years
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Matching percentage	50.00%
Participant loan, interest rate	3.30%	3.30%
Minimum \| Diamond Hill Large Cap Portfolio Fund
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Market value of company	$ 5,000,000,000.0
Investment of assets in large capitalization companies (percent)	80.00%
Minimum \| Savings Program
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Automatic deferral rate	1.00%
Minimum \| Company Retirement Contributions Program
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Matching percentage	4.00%
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant loan, interest rate	9.30%	9.30%
Maximum \| Neuberger Berman Genesis Fund; R6
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Market value of company	$ 2,000,000,000.0
Maximum \| Savings Program
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Automatic deferral rate	25.00%
Matching percentage	75.00%
Maximum \| Company Retirement Contributions Program
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Matching percentage	15.00%