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Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 21, 2015
Dec. 27, 2014
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]    
Available-for-sale Equity Securities, Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain, before Tax $ 126,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleEquitySecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax $ 111,000,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleEquitySecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax
Debt Instrument, Fair Value Disclosure 33,000,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue 31,000,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFairValue
Call Option For Indirect Equity Percentage 20.00%pep_CallOptionForIndirectEquityPercentage  
Commodity contracts    
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]    
Derivative maturity term, maximum 3 years  
Expected reclassification of net gains (losses) related to hedge from accumulated OCI into net income within the next 12 months 39,000,000us-gaap_CashFlowHedgeGainLossToBeReclassifiedWithinTwelveMonths
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
 
Foreign Exchange Contract    
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]    
Derivative maturity term, maximum 2 years  
Derivative, Notional Amount 2,300,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
2,700,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_ForeignExchangeContractMember
Interest rate derivatives    
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]    
Derivative, Notional Amount 7,800,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
9,300,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
Percentage of total debt, net of related interest rate derivatives, exposed to variable interest rates 31.00%pep_LongTermDebtPercentageUsingVariableInterestRate
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
25.00%pep_LongTermDebtPercentageUsingVariableInterestRate
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_InterestRateContractMember
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member] | Commodity contracts    
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]    
Derivative, Notional Amount $ 1,100,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember
$ 1,200,000,000invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
/ us-gaap_HedgingDesignationAxis
= us-gaap_DesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentMember