Segment Reporting Information by Net Revenue and Operating Profit (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	8 Months Ended
Sep. 03, 2016	Sep. 05, 2015	Sep. 03, 2016	Sep. 05, 2015
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Revenue	$ 16,027	$ 16,331	$ 43,284	$ 44,471
Operating Profit	2,821	1,416	7,404	6,113
Venezuela impairment charges	0	1,359	0	1,359
Tingyi Charge		73	$ 373	73
indirect equity investment percentage			5.00%
FLNA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Revenue	3,676	3,555	$ 10,658	10,326
Operating Profit	1,148	1,085	3,249	3,012
QFNA
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Revenue	571	583	1,749	1,768
Operating Profit	144	150	456	381
Asset Impairment Charges				65
North America Beverages [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Revenue	5,518	5,360	15,024	14,771
Operating Profit	904	860	2,270	2,146
Pension-related settlement		37		37
Latin America [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Revenue	1,762	2,283	4,521	5,921
Operating Profit	247	(994)	664	(420)
Venezuela impairment charges		1,400		1,400
Europe Sub-Saharan Africa
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Revenue	2,864	2,918	6,883	7,227
Operating Profit	388	398	792	860
Asia Middle East and North Africa
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net Revenue	1,636	1,632	4,449	4,458
Operating Profit	264	199	499	802
Asset Impairment Charges		29		29
Significant Acquisitions and Disposals, Gain/(Loss) on Sale of Disposal, Pretax				39
Tingyi Charge		73	(373)	73
Total Division
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	3,095	1,698	7,930	6,781
Corporate Unallocated Net Impact Of Mark To Market On Commodity Hedges
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	(39)	(28)	107	10
Corporate Unallocated Other and Restructuring and Impairment Charges [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Operating Profit	$ (235)	$ (254)	$ (633)	$ (678)

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