Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2017	Apr. 01, 2016
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.		$ 46.4	$ 81.7
Denominator:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares - Basic (shares)		51,218,502	51,628,572
Effect of dilutive securities - Share based employee options and awards (shares)		449,608	407,994
Weighted average number of ordinary shares - Diluted (shares)		51,668,110	52,036,566
Antidilutive awards (shares)	[1]	59,297	73,187
Net income per ordinary share attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.:
Basic (usd per share)		$ 0.91	$ 1.58
Diluted (usd per share)		$ 0.90	$ 1.57

[1] Certain unvested PSU's are not included in the calculation of net income per ordinary share because the effect would have been antidilutive