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Interest Expense Relating to Debt including Results from Discontinued Operations (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 278us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationInterestExpense
Senior unsecured notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	70us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationInterestExpense / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdlz_SeniorUnsecuredNotesMember
Exchanged Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	171us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationInterestExpense / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdlz_ExchangeOfDebtMember
7.55% senior unsecured notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	24us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationInterestExpense / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdlz_SevenPointFiveFivePercentSeniorUnsecuredNotesMember
Capital leases and other
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense	$ 13us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationInterestExpense / us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis = mdlz_CapitalLeasesAndOtherMember

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Amount of interest expense allocated to disposal group, including a discontinued operation.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 205

-SubTopic 20

-Section S99

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