XML 42 R26.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.8.0.1

Note 20 - Cash and Cash Equivalents | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of cash and cash equivalents [text block] |
| 20. | CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Short term bank deposits (i) |  |  | 4,688.5 |  |  |  | 4,027.6 |
Current bank accounts |  |  | 5,077.1 |  |  |  | 3,467.3 |
Cash |  |  | 588.9 |  |  |  | 381.9 |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 10,354.5 |  |  |  | 7,876.8 |
Bank overdrafts |  |  | (1.8 | ) |  |  | - |
Cash and cash equivalents less bank overdraft |  |  | 10,352.7 |  |  |  | 7,876.8 |
(i) The balance refers mostly to Bank Deposit Certificates - CDB, high liquidity, which are readily convertible into known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

X
- References No definition available. + Details
Name: | abev_StatementLineItems
Namespace Prefix: | abev_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition The disclosure of cash and cash equivalents. [Refer: Cash and cash equivalents] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 10 -Subparagraph e -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_10_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
Name: | ifrs-full_DisclosureOfCashAndCashEquivalentsExplanatory
Namespace Prefix: | ifrs-full_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration