Acquisitions (Other Intangible Assets) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2016
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	$ 327	$ 1,184
Trademarks and Brands [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	$ 5	$ 250
Recipes and Other [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	5 years	15 years
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	$ 3	$ 322
Customer Lists [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	15 years	15 years
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	$ 197	$ 609
Patents [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		15 years
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		$ 3
Rights [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	33 years
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	$ 122
Wild Flavors [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		1,103
Wild Flavors [Member] | Trademarks and Brands [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		238
Wild Flavors [Member] | Recipes and Other [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		313
Wild Flavors [Member] | Customer Lists [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		552
Wild Flavors [Member] | Patents [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		0
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	161	35	$ 41
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] | Trademarks and Brands [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	5	12
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] | Recipes and Other [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	3	2
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] | Customer Lists [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	31	21
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] | Patents [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		0
Series of Individually Immaterial Business Acquisitions [Member] | Rights [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	122
SCI [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		46
SCI [Member] | Trademarks and Brands [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		0
SCI [Member] | Recipes and Other [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		7
SCI [Member] | Customer Lists [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		36
SCI [Member] | Patents [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill		$ 3
Eaststarch C.V. [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	166
Eaststarch C.V. [Member] | Trademarks and Brands [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	0
Eaststarch C.V. [Member] | Recipes and Other [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	0
Eaststarch C.V. [Member] | Customer Lists [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	166
Eaststarch C.V. [Member] | Rights [Member]
Schedule of Other Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Intangible Assets, Other than Goodwill	$ 0