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Financial Contracts Hedging Commodity and Interest Rate Risk (Detail) (Cash Flow Hedging, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Apr. 25, 2015
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional amount of interest rate swap	$ 129.5invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount
Wheat Contracts
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional amount of interest rate swap	90.8invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = flo_WheatContractsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
Soybean Oil Contracts
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional amount of interest rate swap	25.2invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = flo_SoybeanOilContractsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember
Natural Gas Contracts
Derivative Instruments, Gain (Loss) [Line Items]
Notional amount of interest rate swap	$ 13.5invest_DerivativeNotionalAmount / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis = flo_NaturalGasContractsMember / us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentsGainLossByHedgingRelationshipAxis = us-gaap_CashFlowHedgingMember

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- Definition

Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Article 12

-Section 13

-Sentence Column B

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