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Income Taxes (Income Taxes) (Details) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
 4 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 4 Months Ended
Dec. 29, 2012
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Dec. 29, 2012
Dec. 28, 2013
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]          
Significant Change in Unrecognized Tax Benefits is Reasonably Possible, Estimated Range Not Possible   300      
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Compensation and Benefits, Pensions     $ 84pep_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCompensationandBenefitsPensions   $ 84pep_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesCompensationandBenefitsPensions
Income before income taxes in U.S   2,557us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic 3,078us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic 3,234us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic  
Income before income taxes in Foreign   6,200us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 5,813us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign 5,070us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign  
Income before income taxes   8,757us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 8,891us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest 8,304us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest  
Provision for income taxes          
Current: U.S. Federal   1,364us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 1,092us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit 911us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit  
Current: Foreign   851us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 807us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit 940us-gaap_CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit  
Current: State   210us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 124us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit 153us-gaap_CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit  
Provision for income taxes, Current total   2,425us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 2,023us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 2,004us-gaap_CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Deferred: U.S. Federal   (33)us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 87us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 154us-gaap_DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Deferred: Foreign   (60)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 11us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (95)us-gaap_DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Deferred: State   (133)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit (17)us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 27us-gaap_DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Provision for income taxes, Deferred total   (226)us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 81us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 86us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Provision for income taxes   2,199us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 2,104us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 2,090us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
U.S. Federal statutory tax rate          
U.S. Federal statutory tax rate   35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 35.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate  
State income tax, net of U.S. Federal tax benefit   0.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 1.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes  
Lower taxes on foreign results   (8.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (8.80%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential (6.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential  
Tax benefits   0.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlements (2.40%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlements (2.60%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationTaxSettlements  
Other, net   (1.90%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (1.30%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments (1.70%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationOtherAdjustments  
Annual tax rate   25.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 23.70%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 25.20%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Deferred tax liabilities          
Debt guarantee of wholly owned subsidiary   842pep_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDebtGuaranteeOfWhollyOwnedSubsidiary 828pep_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDebtGuaranteeOfWhollyOwnedSubsidiary   828pep_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesDebtGuaranteeOfWhollyOwnedSubsidiary
Property, plant and equipment   2,174us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment 2,327us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment   2,327us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesPropertyPlantAndEquipment
Intangible assets other than nondeductible goodwill   4,068us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets 4,348us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets   4,348us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGoodwillAndIntangibleAssetsIntangibleAssets
Other   264us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther 361us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther   361us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesOther
Gross deferred tax liabilities   7,348us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities 7,948us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities   7,948us-gaap_DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilities
Deferred tax assets          
Net carryforwards   1,329us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards 1,485us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards   1,485us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
Stock-based compensation   265us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost 303us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost   303us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsShareBasedCompensationCost
Retiree medical benefits   388us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPostretirementBenefits 384us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPostretirementBenefits   384us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPostretirementBenefits
Other employee-related benefits   646us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsOther 627us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsOther   627us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsOther
Pension benefits   263us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsTaxDeferredExpenseCompensationAndBenefitsPensions      
Deductible state tax and interest benefits   158pep_DeductibleStateTaxAndInterestBenefits 155pep_DeductibleStateTaxAndInterestBenefits   155pep_DeductibleStateTaxAndInterestBenefits
Long-term debt obligations acquired   98pep_FinancingActivitiesEffectOnDeferredTaxAssetBalance 125pep_FinancingActivitiesEffectOnDeferredTaxAssetBalance   125pep_FinancingActivitiesEffectOnDeferredTaxAssetBalance
Other   1,002us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther 959us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther   959us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOther
Gross deferred tax assets   4,149us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross 4,038us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross   4,038us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsGross
Valuation allowances 1,233us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 1,230us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 1,360us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 1,233us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance 1,360us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
Deferred tax assets, net   2,919us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet 2,678us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet   2,678us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsNet
Net deferred tax liabilities   4,429us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities 5,270us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities   5,270us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilities
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   2,143us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent 2,162us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent   2,162us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
Deferred income taxes   5,304us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent 5,986us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent   5,986us-gaap_DeferredTaxLiabilitiesNoncurrent
Valuation Allowance [Abstract]          
Balance, beginning of year   (1,360)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1,233)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1,264)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance  
(Benefit)/provision 68pep_ValuationAllowanceBenefitProvision (25)pep_ValuationAllowanceBenefitProvision 111pep_ValuationAllowanceBenefitProvision 68pep_ValuationAllowanceBenefitProvision 111pep_ValuationAllowanceBenefitProvision
Other (deductions)/additions   (105)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount 16us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount (99)us-gaap_ValuationAllowanceDeferredTaxAssetChangeInAmount  
Balance, end of year (1,233)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1,230)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1,360)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1,233)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance (1,360)us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance
non cash tax benefit 217pep_Noncashtaxbenefit        
Deferred Taxes          
Deferred tax assets          
Prepaid expenses and other current assets   875us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
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= pep_DeferredTaxesMember		 716us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
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= pep_DeferredTaxesMember		   716us-gaap_PrepaidExpenseAndOtherAssetsCurrent
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Tax Settlement, Years 2003-2009          
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]          
Income Taxes Paid         758us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
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= pep_TaxSettlementYears20032009Member
Valuation Allowance [Abstract]          
non cash tax benefit         209pep_Noncashtaxbenefit
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= pep_TaxSettlementYears20032009Member
Open Tax Years          
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items]          
Income Taxes Paid     $ 226us-gaap_IncomeTaxesPaid
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