Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income - USD ($) shares in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 3,020,000,000	$ 2,870,000,000	$ 8,497,000,000	$ 8,186,000,000
Cost of sales	1,316,000,000	1,245,000,000	3,779,000,000	3,537,000,000
Gross profit	1,704,000,000	1,625,000,000	4,718,000,000	4,649,000,000
Selling, general and administrative expenses	949,000,000	1,012,000,000	2,978,000,000	2,951,000,000
Other operating expense (income), net	2,000,000	33,000,000	(40,000,000)	33,000,000
Income from operations	753,000,000	580,000,000	1,780,000,000	1,665,000,000
Interest expense	148,000,000	158,000,000	458,000,000	497,000,000
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	0	0	4,000,000	9,000,000
Impairment on investments and note receivable	16,000,000	0	102,000,000	0
Other expense, net	5,000,000	9,000,000	21,000,000	15,000,000
Income before provision for income taxes	584,000,000	413,000,000	1,195,000,000	1,144,000,000
Provision for income taxes	141,000,000	109,000,000	298,000,000	296,000,000
Net income	443,000,000	304,000,000	897,000,000	848,000,000
Less: Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	0	0	0	0
Net income attributable to KDP	$ 443,000,000	$ 304,000,000	$ 897,000,000	$ 848,000,000
Earnings per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.31	$ 0.22	$ 0.64	$ 0.60
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.31	$ 0.21	$ 0.63	$ 0.60
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	1,407.3	1,406.8	1,407.2	1,406.6
Diluted (in shares)	1,422.9	1,419.4	1,421.5	1,418.8