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Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 Country	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 Country	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Oct. 01, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Feb. 10, 2015	Jan. 23, 2014	Feb. 11, 2015	Oct. 01, 2012	Feb. 08, 2013	Jan. 02, 2010
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Number of countries in which entity operates	165								165				165
Change in accounting policy effect of change on net revenue										$ 37
Change in accounting policy effect of change on operating results										6
Foreign currency impacts relating to highly inflationary accounting								(54)
Net revenue	8,830us-gaap_Revenues	8,337us-gaap_Revenues	8,436us-gaap_Revenues	8,641us-gaap_Revenues	9,488us-gaap_Revenues	8,472us-gaap_Revenues	8,595us-gaap_Revenues	8,744us-gaap_Revenues	34,244us-gaap_Revenues	35,299us-gaap_Revenues	35,015us-gaap_Revenues
Advertising expense									1,552us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	1,721us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	1,815us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Research and development expense									455us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	471us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense	462us-gaap_ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Machinery and Equipment \| Minimum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life, in years									3 years
Machinery and Equipment \| Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life, in years									20 years
Buildings and Building Improvements \| Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life, in years									40 years
Software \| Maximum
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Useful life, in years									7 years
North America And Europe
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Discount rate												6.90%
Latin America, Asia Pacific, and EEMEA
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Discount rate												9.90%
Argentina
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net revenue									693
Percentage of consolidated net revenues									2.00%
Russia
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net revenue									1,114
Percentage of consolidated net revenues									3.30%
UKRAINE
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Net revenue									294
Percentage of consolidated net revenues									0.90%
SICAD I
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency impacts relating to highly inflationary accounting				(142)									(25)
SICAD I \| Scenario, Forecast
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency impacts relating to highly inflationary accounting														$ (10)
Kraft Foods Group
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Percentage of shares divested																	100.00%
Venezuelan bolívar fuerte
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate translation	6.30								6.30				6.30					6.30	4.30
Venezuelan bolívar fuerte \| SICAD I
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate translation	11.50			10.70					11.50				11.50
Venezuelan bolívar fuerte \| SICAD I \| Scenario, Forecast
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate translation														12.00
Venezuelan bolívar fuerte \| SICAD II
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign currency exchange rate translation	49.99								49.99				49.99
Argentina, Pesos
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Devalued percentage against US Dollar									31.00%						15.00%
Russia, Rubles
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Devalued percentage against US Dollar	50.00%
Ukraine, Hryvnia \| Subsequent Event
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Devalued percentage against US Dollar																61.00%