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Operating Costs and Non-underlying Items - Summary of Non-underlying Items Related to Gross Profit and Operating Costs (Parenthetical) (Detail) - EUR (€) € in Millions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
Non-underlying Items [Line Items] |  |  |
Gain from sale of Ades Soy beverage business | € 309 |  |
Legal expense relates to investigations by national competition authorities | € 80 |  | € 86
Legal expense relates to other one-off legal cases |  |  | 14
Argentina [Member] |  |  |
Non-underlying Items [Line Items] |  |  |
Foreign exchange losses resulting from remeasurement |  | € 18 | 52
Venezuela [Member] |  |  |
Non-underlying Items [Line Items] |  |  |
Foreign exchange losses resulting from remeasurement |  |  | € 84

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