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REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTEREST (Details)
Mar. 15, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Nutricion para el Conosur S.A.    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Percentage of outstanding shares of capital stock acquired 80.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= mjn_NutricionParaElConosurSaMember		  
Put Option [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Noncontrolling interests (as a percent)   20.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByNoncontrollingOwners
/ us-gaap_OptionIndexedToIssuersEquityTypeAxis
= us-gaap_PutOptionMember
Call Option [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Noncontrolling interests (as a percent)   20.00%us-gaap_MinorityInterestOwnershipPercentageByNoncontrollingOwners
/ us-gaap_OptionIndexedToIssuersEquityTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CallOptionMember