Financial instruments - Categories of Financial Instruments (Details) - EUR (€) € in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	€ (103.7)	€ (30.6)
Derivatives at fair value through profit or loss	1.0	4.3
Financial assets at amortised cost	891.0	395.3
Financial liabilities at amortised cost	(2,367.6)	(2,310.1)
Financial assets (liabilities) at fair value through other comprehensive income	(24.5)	7.9
Total	(1,396.4)	(1,872.0)
Total non-current loans and borrowings	1,847.6	1,742.9
Borrowings	1,875.3	1,764.3
Loans and Borrowings
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial liabilities, at fair value	1,811.5	1,745.4
Financial liabilities	(1,766.3)	(1,764.3)
Trade and other payables excluding non-financial liabilities
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Derivatives at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Financial assets at amortised cost	0.0	0.0
Financial liabilities at fair value through other comprehensive income	0.0	0.0
Financial liabilities at amortised cost	(483.4)	(534.9)
Financial liabilities	(483.4)	(534.9)
Derivative financial instruments
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Derivatives at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.3
Financial assets at amortised cost	0.0	0.0
Financial liabilities at fair value through other comprehensive income	44.9	36.6
Financial liabilities at amortised cost	0.0	0.0
Financial liabilities	(44.9)	(36.9)
Loans and borrowings
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Derivatives at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Financial assets at amortised cost	0.0	0.0
Financial liabilities at fair value through other comprehensive income	0.0	0.0
Financial liabilities at amortised cost	(1,884.2)	(1,775.2)
Financial liabilities	(1,884.2)	(1,775.2)
Trade receivables
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Derivatives at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income	0.0	0.0
Financial assets	143.6	98.3
Financial assets at amortised cost	143.6	98.3
Derivative financial instruments
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Derivatives at fair value through profit or loss	1.0	4.6
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income	20.4	44.5
Financial assets	21.4	49.1
Financial assets at amortised cost	0.0	0.0
Cash and cash equivalents
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss	(78.7)	(30.6)
Derivatives at fair value through profit or loss	0.0	0.0
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income	0.0	0.0
Financial assets	826.1	327.6
Financial assets at amortised cost	747.4	297.0
Deferred borrowing costs
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Total non-current loans and borrowings	8.9	10.9
Deferred borrowing costs \| Loans and Borrowings
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial liabilities, at fair value	0.0	0.0
Financial liabilities	8.9	10.9
Senior EUR/USD loans \| Loans and Borrowings
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial liabilities	(1,371.9)	(1,372.2)
Other borrowings [Domain] \| Loans and Borrowings
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial liabilities, at fair value	3.3	3.0
Financial liabilities	(3.3)	(3.0)
2024 fixed rate senior secured notes \| Loans and Borrowings
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial liabilities	(400.0)	(400.0)
Level 2 \| Senior EUR/USD loans \| Loans and Borrowings
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial liabilities, at fair value	1,396.9	1,347.2
Level 1 of fair value hierarchy [member] \| 2024 fixed rate senior secured notes \| Loans and Borrowings
Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Line Items]
Financial liabilities, at fair value	€ 411.3	€ 395.2

The amount of outstanding funds that the entity is obligated to repay.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 55
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_55&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_Borrowings
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 25
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_25&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 35H
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35H&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 35I
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35I&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 35M
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35M&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 35N
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_35N&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_FinancialAssets
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of financial assets at amortised cost. The amortised cost is the amount at which financial assets are measured at initial recognition minus principal repayments, plus or minus the cumulative amortisation using the effective interest method of any difference between that initial amount and the maturity amount, and adjusted for any impairment. [Refer: Financial assets]

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph f
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_8_f&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_FinancialAssetsAtAmortisedCost
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial assets; Other comprehensive income]

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph h
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_8_h&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of financial assets that are measured at fair value and for which gains (losses) are recognised in profit or loss. A financial asset shall be measured at fair value through profit or loss unless it is measured at amortised cost or at fair value through other comprehensive income. A gain (loss) on a financial asset measured at fair value shall be recognised in profit or loss unless it is part of a hedging relationship, it is an investment in an equity instrument for which the entity has elected to present gains and losses in other comprehensive income or it is a financial asset measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial assets]

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph a
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_8_a&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of liabilities that are: (a) a contractual obligation: (i) to deliver cash or another financial asset to another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially unfavourable to the entity; or (b) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to deliver a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose, rights, options or warrants to acquire a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments for a fixed amount of any currency are equity instruments if the entity offers the rights, options or warrants pro rata to all of its existing owners of the same class of its own non-derivative equity instruments. Also, for those purposes the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments that are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. As an exception, an instrument that meets the definition of a financial liability is classified as an equity instrument if it has all the features and meets the conditions in paragraphs 16A-16B or paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial assets; Derivatives [member]]

+ References

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_FinancialLiabilities
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The amount of financial liabilities at amortised cost. The amortised cost is the amount at which financial liabilities are measured at initial recognition minus principal repayments, plus or minus the cumulative amortisation using the effective interest method of any difference between that initial amount and the maturity amount. [Refer: Financial liabilities]

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph g
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_8_g&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Note Expiry date 2021-01-01
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph f
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2017-en-b&anchor=para_8_f&doctype=Standard&book=b
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_FinancialLiabilitiesAtAmortisedCost
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The fair value of financial liabilities. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial liabilities]

+ References

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_FinancialLiabilitiesAtFairValue
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

The non-current portion of non-current borrowings. [Refer: Borrowings]

+ References

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_LongtermBorrowings
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Derivatives at fair value through profit or loss

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	nomd_Derivativesatfairvaluethroughprofitorloss
Namespace Prefix:	nomd_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

[Line Items] for Disclosure Of Financial Assets And Liabilities [Table] [Table]

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	nomd_DisclosureOfFinancialAssetsAndLiabilitiesTableLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	nomd_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

- Definition

Financial Assets (Financial Liabilities) At Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	nomd_FinancialAssetsFinancialLiabilitiesAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
Namespace Prefix:	nomd_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Financial Assets (Liabilities), Net

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	nomd_FinancialAssetsLiabilitiesNet
Namespace Prefix:	nomd_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

- Definition

Financial Liabilities At Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	nomd_FinancialLiabilitiesAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
Namespace Prefix:	nomd_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	credit
Period Type:	instant

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis=nomd_LoansandBorrowingsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis=nomd_TradePayablesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis=ifrs-full_DerivativesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis=nomd_LoansandBorrowingsExcludingDeferredBorrowingCostsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis=ifrs-full_TradeReceivablesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis=ifrs-full_DerivativesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis=nomd_CashAndCashEquivalents1Member
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_CarryingAmountAccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentAndGrossCarryingAmountAxis=nomd_DeferredFinancingCostsMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_BorrowingsByNameAxis=nomd_SeniorEURUSDLoansMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_BorrowingsByNameAxis=nomd_OtherborrowingsDomain
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_BorrowingsByNameAxis=nomd_TwentyTwentyFourFixedRateSeniorSecuredNotesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_LevelsOfFairValueHierarchyAxis=ifrs-full_Level2OfFairValueHierarchyMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_LevelsOfFairValueHierarchyAxis=ifrs-full_Level1OfFairValueHierarchyMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: