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Equity Method Investments	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]
Equity Method Investments	Note 6. Equity Method Investments Our investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting totaled $6,347 million as of March 31, 2018 and $6,345 million as of December 31, 2017. Our largest investments are in Jacobs Douwe Egberts (“JDE”) and Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. (“Keurig”). JDE: As of March 31, 2018, we held a 26.5% voting interest, a 26.4% ownership interest and a 26.2% profit and dividend sharing interest in JDE. We recorded JDE equity earnings of $46 million and received cash dividends of $73 million in the first quarter of 2018. In the first quarter of 2017, we recorded JDE equity earnings of $18 million and received cash dividends of $49 million. Keurig: As of March 31, 2018, we held a 24.2% ownership interest in Keurig. We recorded Keurig equity earnings of $16 million and shareholder loan interest income of $6 million and we received dividends of $3 million in the first quarter of 2018. In the first quarter of 2017, we recorded Keurig equity earnings of $14 million and shareholder loan interest income of $6 million and we received $12 million of interest payments on the shareholder loan and $4 million of dividends. Planned Keurig Dr Pepper Transaction: On January 29, 2018, Keurig announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. to form Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. ("Keurig Dr Pepper"), contingent upon the successful satisfaction of certain regulatory requirements. Following the close of the merger in mid-2018, we expect our ownership in Keurig Dr Pepper to be 13% -14%. As we will continue to have significant influence over the merged entity, we will account for this investment under the equity method as we have for Keurig, resulting in recognizing our share of their earnings within our earnings and our share of their dividends within our cash flows. We will have the right to nominate two directors to the board of Keurig Dr Pepper and will have certain governance rights over Keurig Dr Pepper following the transaction.

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The entire disclosure for equity method investments and joint ventures. Equity method investments are investments that give the investor the ability to exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of an investee. Joint ventures are entities owned and operated by a small group of businesses as a separate and specific business or project for the mutual benefit of the members of the group.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2196965

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