CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2015	Mar. 28, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 1,008.4us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet	$ 982.3us-gaap_SalesRevenueGoodsNet
Cost of products sold	908.0us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	875.6us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Gross profit	100.4us-gaap_GrossProfit	106.7us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling, general and administrative expenses	43.9	43.7
Gain on disposal of property, plant and equipment	1.2us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets	0.1us-gaap_GainLossOnDispositionOfAssets
Asset impairment and other charges (credit), net	1.4fdp_AssetImpairmentAndOtherChargesNet	(2.1)fdp_AssetImpairmentAndOtherChargesNet
Operating income	56.3us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	65.2us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense	1.3us-gaap_InterestExpense	1.0us-gaap_InterestExpense
Interest income	0.1	0
Other expense (income), net	5.9us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	(0.7)us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	49.2	64.9
Provision for income taxes	5.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	6.0us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income	44.2us-gaap_ProfitLoss	58.9us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	1.7	0.3
Net income attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.	$ 42.5us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 58.6us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Net income per ordinary share attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. - Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.80us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 1.04us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Net income per ordinary share attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. - Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.80us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 1.04us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Dividends declared per ordinary share	$ 0.125	$ 0.125
Weighted average number of ordinary shares:
Basic (in shares)	53,007,473	56,180,800
Diluted (in shares)	53,409,613	56,506,491

The aggregate amount provided for estimated restructuring charges, asset impairment loss and other charges (credits) during an accounting period. Generally, these items are either unusual or infrequent, but not both (in which case they would be extraordinary items).

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