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Acquisitions & Divestitures (Details) R / shares in Units, $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions, R in Billions	3 Months Ended		8 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Sep. 05, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 07, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 05, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 05, 2020 ZAR (R)	Sep. 07, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 29, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares	Sep. 05, 2020 ZAR (R) R / shares	Jun. 01, 2020 USD ($)	Apr. 24, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 23, 2020 USD ($)
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	$ 43	$ 7	$ 286		$ 46
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs, after-tax	$ 27	$ 6	$ 254		$ 38
Merger and Integration Charges, Per Share \| $ / shares	$ 0.02	$ 0	$ 0.18		$ 0.03
PepsiCo Beverages North America [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	$ 17	$ 0	$ 60		$ 0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred			3,850
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Noncurrent									$ 850
Rockstar Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets									$ 4,600
Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, and China Region [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	5	0	5		0
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred			700
Be & Cheery Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets								$ 700
Frito Lay North America [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	1	0	26		0
Europe [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	0	5	0		43
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| $ / shares						$ 144.00
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred						$ 3,300
SodaStream Consideration Transferred,, net of cash and cash equivalents acquired						$ 3,200
Africa, Middle East and South Asia [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	10	2	169		2
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| R / shares							R 110.00
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred			1,200
Pioneer Goodwill and Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets										$ 800
Property, Plant, and Equipment, Fair Value Disclosure										$ 400
Corporate Segment [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	10	0	26		1
Recorded and unrecorded Pioneer commitment [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Other Commitment	500		500				R 7.7
Recorded Pioneer commitment [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Pioneer Commitment Expense			$ 100	R 2.2
Duration of Pioneer Commitment			12 months	12 months
Unrecorded Pioneer commitment [Member] [Member]
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Other Commitment	300		$ 300				R 5.5
Duration of Pioneer Commitment			5 years	5 years
Cost of sales
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	11	0	$ 30		34
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Acquisitions & Divestitures [Line Items]
Business Combination, Integration Related Costs	$ 32	$ 7	$ 256		$ 12