Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 30, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.		$ 41.5	$ 46.4
Denominator:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares - Basic (shares)		48,781,596	51,218,502
Effect of dilutive securities - share-based employee options and awards (shares)		251,356	449,608
Weighted average number of ordinary shares - Diluted (shares)		49,032,952	51,668,110
Antidilutive awards (shares)	[1]	207,461	59,297
Net income per ordinary share attributable to Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc.:
Basic (usd per share)		$ 0.85	$ 0.91
Diluted (usd per share)		$ 0.85	$ 0.90

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