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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail)
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Mar. 31, 2015
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)
Exchange Traded Options
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)
Exchange Traded Options
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)
Exchange Traded Options
Other Current Assets
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Quoted Prices In Active Markets For Identical Assets (Level 1)
Exchange Traded Options
Other Current Assets
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Commodity contracts
Mar. 31, 2015
Commodity contracts
Cash Flow Hedges
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Currency exchange contracts
Mar. 31, 2015
Currency exchange contracts
Cash Flow Hedges
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Interest rate contracts
Mar. 31, 2015
Interest rate contracts
Cash Flow Hedges
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Interest rate contracts
Cash Flow Hedges
Maximum
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Foreign Exchange Forward
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Foreign Exchange Forward
Interest and other expense
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2015
Foreign Exchange Forward
Economic Hedging
EUR (€)
Mar. 31, 2015
Foreign Exchange Forward
Economic Hedging
Interest and other expense
USD ($)
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]                                        
Margin deposits related to exchange traded derivatives           $ 146,000,000us-gaap_MarginDepositAssets
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$ 84,000,000us-gaap_MarginDepositAssets
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Derivative assets after effects of netting       42,000,000mdlz_DerivativeFairValueOfNetDerivativeAsset
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38,000,000mdlz_DerivativeFairValueOfNetDerivativeAsset
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    67,000,000mdlz_DerivativeFairValueOfNetDerivativeAsset
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72,000,000mdlz_DerivativeFairValueOfNetDerivativeAsset
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Derivative liabilities after effects of netting   1,000,000mdlz_DerivativeFairValueOfNetDerivativeLiability
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3,000,000mdlz_DerivativeFairValueOfNetDerivativeLiability
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        159,000,000mdlz_DerivativeFairValueOfNetDerivativeLiability
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156,000,000mdlz_DerivativeFairValueOfNetDerivativeLiability
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Loss related to interest rate swaps (34,000,000)us-gaap_GainLossFromComponentsExcludedFromAssessmentOfCashFlowHedgeEffectivenessNet                           (34,000,000)us-gaap_GainLossFromComponentsExcludedFromAssessmentOfCashFlowHedgeEffectivenessNet
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Expected transfers of unrealized gains (losses) to earnings, within next 12 months                     55,000,000us-gaap_CashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedWithinTwelveMonths
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Hedged forecasted transactions                   16 months   11 months   30 years 11 months            
Expected cash receipt related to planned coffee business transactions, amount hedged                                     4,000,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeAmountOfHedgedItem
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Unrealized gains (losses) recorded in earnings related to planned coffee business transactions 240,000,000us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives                                 240,000,000us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives
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Realized gain on planned coffee business transactions currency hedge $ 311,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet                               $ 311,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
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