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Segment Information (Information About Operating Segments) (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) division	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2018 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales	$ 2,734	$ 3,174	$ 3,046	$ 2,197	$ 2,168	$ 2,468	$ 2,161	$ 1,901	$ 11,151	$ 8,698	$ 8,284
Number of geographical divisions | division									4
Segment assets	15,262				10,663				$ 15,262	10,663	9,599	$ 10,700
Cost, Depreciation									277	208	206
Capital expenditures									462	498	473
Segment income									1,096	1,024	997
Operating segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									9,869	7,497	7,148
Segment assets	13,858				9,203				13,858	9,203	7,985
Cost, Depreciation									252	187	179
Capital expenditures									403	444	436
Segment income									1,345	1,137	1,108
Operating segments | Americas Beverage
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									3,282	2,928	2,757
Segment assets	3,388				3,253				3,388	3,253	2,886
Cost, Depreciation									84	75	71
Capital expenditures									111	167	220
Segment income									454	470	456
Operating segments | European Beverage
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,489	1,457	1,420
Segment assets	1,705				1,631				1,705	1,631	1,381
Cost, Depreciation									38	35	32
Capital expenditures									121	109	94
Segment income									193	235	240
Operating segments | European Food
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,982	1,935	1,855
Segment assets	2,792				2,964				2,792	2,964	2,557
Cost, Depreciation									39	35	36
Capital expenditures									17	45	42
Segment income									257	264	260
Operating segments | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,316	1,177	1,116
Segment assets	1,558				1,355				1,558	1,355	1,161
Cost, Depreciation									48	42	40
Capital expenditures									130	123	80
Segment income									186	168	152
Operating segments | Transit Packaging
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,800
Segment assets	4,415								4,415
Cost, Depreciation									43
Capital expenditures									24
Segment income									255
Intersegment sales
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									270	222	265
Intersegment sales | Reportable segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									128	106	112
Intersegment sales | Americas Beverage
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									53	34	50
Intersegment sales | European Beverage
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1	2	3
Intersegment sales | European Food
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									69	70	59
Intersegment sales | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									0	0	0
Intersegment sales | Transit Packaging
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									5
Intersegment sales | Non-reportable segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									142	116	153
Non-reportable segments | Non-reportable segments
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Net sales									1,282	1,201	1,136
Segment assets	1,066				1,039				1,066	1,039	1,034
Cost, Depreciation									18	17	16
Capital expenditures									27	27	23
Segment income									122	123	123
Corporate and unallocated items
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment assets	$ 338				$ 421				338	421	580
Cost, Depreciation									7	4	11
Capital expenditures									$ 32	$ 27	$ 14

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