Document And Entity Information	6 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2014	Dec. 05, 2014
Entity Registrant Name	National Beverage Corp.
Entity Central Index Key	0000069891
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--05-02
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		46,341,915
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Nov. 01, 2014
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q2
Amendment Flag	false