Net Income Attributable to PepsiCo per Common Share Out-of-the-money options excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per common share (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Jun. 17, 2017	Jun. 11, 2016	Jun. 17, 2017	Jun. 11, 2016
Out-of-the-money options [Abstract]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.4
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share, Average Exercise per Share Amount	$ 0.00	$ 0	$ 109.69	$ 98.99

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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