Unaudited Quarterly Financial Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended										3 Months Ended													12 Months Ended
	Dec. 06, 2013	Sep. 06, 2013	May 31, 2013	Mar. 29, 2013	Feb. 20, 2013	Oct. 31, 2012	Aug. 01, 2012	May 02, 2012	Feb. 29, 2012	May 04, 2011	Dec. 27, 2013		Sep. 27, 2013	Jun. 28, 2013	Mar. 29, 2013	Dec. 28, 2012		Sep. 28, 2012		Jun. 29, 2012		Mar. 30, 2012		Dec. 27, 2013	Dec. 28, 2012	Dec. 30, 2011
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Goodwill and trademark impairment charges																								$ 99.6	$ 0	$ 0
Asset impairment charges																								22.1	2.2	16.7
Restructuring Charges Credits																								15.0	(1.1)	0.4
Net sales											879.9		861.1	1,023.9	918.8	776.9	[1]	788.8		957.6		897.9		3,683.7	3,421.2	3,589.7
Gross profit											32.9		53.0	105.9	98.6	38.5	[1]	74.4		116.4		112.4		290.4	341.7	319.5
Net (loss) income											(143.1)		5.4	62.0	41.8	(1.2)	[1]	24.9		58.5		62.8		(33.9)	145.0	94.8
Net (loss) income attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.											143.9		(6.4)	(62.0)	(41.1)	0	[1]	23.5		57.2		62.5		34.4	(143.2)	(92.5)
Net (loss) income per ordinary share attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. - basic											$ (2.56)	[2]	$ 0.11	$ 1.10	$ 0.71	$ 0.00	[1],[2]	$ 0.40	[2]	$ 0.99	[2]	$ 1.08	[2]	$ (0.61)	$ 2.47	$ 1.57
Net (loss) income per ordinary share attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. - diluted											$ (2.56)	[2]	$ 0.11	$ 1.10	$ 0.71	$ 0.00	[1],[2]	$ 0.40	[2]	$ 0.99	[2]	$ 1.08	[2]	$ (0.61)	$ 2.46	$ 1.56
Dividends declared per ordinary share	$ 0.125	$ 0.125	$ 0.125	$ 0.125	$ 0.125	$ 100,000.000	$ 100,000.000	$ 100,000.000	$ 100,000.000	$ 0.10	$ 0.125		$ 0.125	$ 0.125	$ 0.125	$ 0.10	[1]	$ 0.10		$ 0.10		$ 0.10		$ 0.50	$ 0.40	$ 0.30
Antidilutive stock options											308,293														0	0
Europe [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges Credits																								3.4
Net sales																								713.4	704.3	854.8
BRAZIL [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges																								1.0
Other Fresh Produce [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Restructuring Charges Credits																								10.2
Net sales																								1,638.5	1,544.8	1,581.6
Gross profit																								192.8	205.8	177.9
Other Fresh Produce [Member] | BRAZIL [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges																								7.1
Restructuring Charges Credits																								0
Prepared Food [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges																										0.2
Restructuring Charges Credits																										0
Net sales																								353.0	331.8	355.0
Gross profit																								35.5	46.2	53.3
Prepared Food [Member] | Europe [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Goodwill and trademark impairment charges																								99.6
Prepared Food [Member] | Goodwill [Member] | Europe [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Goodwill and trademark impairment charges																								75.7
Prepared Food [Member] | Trademarks [Member] | Europe [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Goodwill and trademark impairment charges																								23.9
Banana [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Net sales																								1,692.2	1,544.6	1,653.1
Gross profit																								62.1	89.7	88.3
Banana [Member] | BRAZIL [Member]
Schedule of Asset Impairment and Other Charges [Line Items]
Asset impairment charges																								11.4
Restructuring Charges Credits																								$ 0

[1] (1) Diluted earnings per share for the quarter ended December 27, 2013 excludes the impact of stock options for 308,293 ordinary shares, as they were antidilutive.

[2] Basic and diluted earnings per share for each of the quarters presented above is based on the respective weighted average number of shares for the quarters. The sum of the quarters may not necessarily be equal to the full year basic and diluted earnings per share amounts due to rounding.