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Divestitures and Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Feb. 22, 2013 Morocco USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Morocco USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Morocco USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Morocco USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Morocco USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Selling, general and administrative expenses USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Selling, general and administrative expenses USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Selling, general and administrative expenses USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Selling, general and administrative expenses USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 General and Administrative Expense USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 General and Administrative Expense USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments Interest And Other Expense Foreign Exchange Forward USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments Interest And Other Expense Foreign Exchange Forward USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 EEMEA USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 Scenario, Forecast EUR (€)	Sep. 30, 2014 Fiscal Year 2014 USD ($)
Acquisition And Dispositions [Line Items]
Cash receipts from planned coffee business transactions																		€ 4,000,000,000
Estimated percentage of equity interest in Jacobs Douwe Egberts																		49.00%
Expenses related to readying businesses for planned transactions													10,000,000	15,000,000
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivatives	420,000,000	413,000,000													420,000,000	413,000,000
Spin-Off costs									4,000,000	9,000,000	23,000,000	33,000,000
Expected spin off cost																			30,000,000
Proceeds from divestitures, net of disbursements			48,000,000														48,000,000
Pre-tax gains (losses) on divestitures																	6,000,000
Acquisition, net of cash received			119,000,000	119,000,000
Cash paid for acquisition				155,000,000
Cash acquired				36,000,000
Pre-tax gain on acquisition					22,000,000
Acquisition-related costs			2,000,000		7,000,000
Identifiable intangible assets acquired in business acquisition								48,000,000
Business acquisition, liabilities assumed and goodwill								209,000,000
Restructuring and related cost, expected cost						$ 3,000,000	$ 1,000,000