Acquisitions (Details) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) entity	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) entity
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of Businesses Acquired | entity		4	6
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 3,000
Purchase price, net of cash acquired	$ 130	$ 479	2,758
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash and Equivalents			280
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables		52	232
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory		62	383
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets		30	66
Purchase price allocated to property, plant and equipment		199	463
Goodwill	$ 2,246	2,185
Purchase price allocated to goodwill		251	1,772
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		327	1,184
Purchase price allocated to other non-current assets		15	74
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities		(29)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable			(154)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Other		(37)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt		(43)	(241)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent		(70)	(394)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other		(22)	(173)
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount			15
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Assets		193
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination		928
Harvest Innovations [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent	90.00%
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	10.00%
Purchase of noncontrolling interest, period after acquisition (in years)	2 years
Medsofts [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent	50.00%
End period when fixed multiple of EBITDA is calculated (in years)	3 years
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	50.00%
Period when fixed multiple of EBITDA is calculated (in months)	12 months
Wild Flavors [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments		123
Purchase price, net of cash acquired			2,472
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables			176
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory			286
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets			64
Purchase price allocated to property, plant and equipment			423
Purchase price allocated to goodwill			1,698
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill			1,103
Purchase price allocated to other non-current assets			68
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable			(128)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt			(238)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent			(378)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other			(173)
SCI [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase price, net of cash acquired			188
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables			48
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory			72
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets			2
Purchase price allocated to property, plant and equipment			10
Purchase price allocated to goodwill			59
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill			46
Purchase price allocated to other non-current assets			6
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable			(25)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt			0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent			(16)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other			0
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 141	508
Cash Acquired from Acquisition	11
Purchase price, net of cash acquired		29	98
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables		25	8
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory		15	25
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets		6	0
Purchase price allocated to working capital	15
Purchase price allocated to property, plant and equipment	23	73	30
Goodwill	72
Purchase price allocated to goodwill		119	15
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	41	161	35
Purchase price allocated to other non-current assets	34	15	0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities		(13)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Accounts Payable			(1)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Other		(13)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt		(43)	(3)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent		(38)	0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other		0	0
Purchase price allocated to long-term liabilities	17
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Assets		0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination		307
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest, Fair Value	38
North Star Shipping/Minmetal [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value		64
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain		27
Eaststarch C.V. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments	38
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Purchase Accounting Adjustments	$ 4
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value		385
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Receivables		27
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Inventory		47
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Assets, Prepaid Expense and Other Assets		24
Purchase price allocated to property, plant and equipment		126
Purchase price allocated to goodwill		132
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		166
Purchase price allocated to other non-current assets		0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities		(16)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Other		(24)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Long-term Debt		0
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities Noncurrent		(32)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Liabilities, Other		$ (22)
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		50.00%
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Assets		$ 193
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain		185
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination		$ 621
Short-term Debt [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities			(216)
Short-term Debt [Member] | Wild Flavors [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities			(215)
Short-term Debt [Member] | SCI [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities			0
Short-term Debt [Member] | Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities			(1)
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Other			(238)
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member] | Wild Flavors [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Other			(214)
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member] | SCI [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Other			(14)
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member] | Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Current Liabilities, Other			$ (10)