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	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 Scenario, Forecast USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 Scenario, Forecast EUR (€)	Nov. 10, 2014 Vietnam USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Vietnam Scenario, Forecast VND	Mar. 31, 2015 Vietnam Scenario, Forecast USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Vietnam Scenario, Forecast VND	Mar. 31, 2015 Foreign Exchange Forward USD ($)	Feb. 11, 2015 Foreign Exchange Forward Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Foreign Exchange Forward Interest and other expense USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Maximum Vietnam Scenario, Forecast VND	Mar. 31, 2015 Maximum Vietnam Scenario, Forecast USD ($)	Feb. 16, 2015 Enjoy Life Foods USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Enjoy Life Foods USD ($)	Feb. 27, 2015 Japanese Coffee Joint Venture	Mar. 31, 2015 Japanese Coffee Joint Venture USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Japanese Coffee Joint Venture Scenario, Forecast USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 Japanese Coffee Joint Venture Other Current Assets USD ($)	Apr. 17, 2015 Subsequent Event Foreign Exchange Forward USD ($)	Apr. 23, 2015 Subsequent Event Japanese Coffee Joint Venture USD ($)	Apr. 23, 2015 Subsequent Event Japanese Coffee Joint Venture JPY (¥)	Mar. 31, 2015 Europe And EEMEA segments Selling, general and administrative expenses USD ($)
Acquisition And Dispositions [Line Items]
Expected cash receipts from planned coffee business transactions		$ 5,000,000,000	€ 4,000,000,000
Estimated percentage of equity interest in Jacobs Douwe Egberts		49.00%	49.00%
Proceeds from planned coffee business divestiture currency hedge settlements	939,000,000								939,000,000										296,000,000
Realized gain on planned coffee business transactions currency hedge	311,000,000							311,000,000
Unrealized gain on planned coffee business divestiture currency hedge	240,000,000									240,000,000
Expenses related to readying businesses for planned transactions																						28,000,000
Sale of stock, percentage of ownership before transaction															50.00%
Held for sale investment reclassified from long-term other assets																		96,000,000
Tax charges related to the pending sale	32,000,000															32,000,000
Divested cumulative translation losses in connection with the sale																	42,000,000
Proceeds from divestiture of interest																				225,000,000	27,000,000,000
Business combination, consideration transferred													81,000,000
Cash paid for acquisition					9,935,000,000,000	468,000,000					12,656,000,000,000	596,000,000		81,000,000
Intangible assets acquired														58,000,000
Other net assets acquired														4,000,000
Goodwill acquired during the period	19,000,000													19,000,000
Escrow deposit upon signing the purchase agreement				$ 46,000,000		$ 47,000,000	991,000,000,000