Disposal Group, Investment In Business Divested

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Disposal Group, Other Adjustments

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Disposal Group, Recognition Of Tax Indemnification

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Amount of gain (loss) from sale and disposal of integrated set of activities and assets capable of being conducted and managed for purpose of providing return in form of dividend, lower cost, or other economic benefit to investor, owner, member and participant.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 810
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-Section 50
-Paragraph 1B
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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
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Acquisitions and Divestitures Components of Gain on Heinz India Sale (Details) $ in Millions, ₨ in Billions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2018 INR (₨)	Sep. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 29, 2018 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Pre-tax gain on sale of Heinz India					$ 490	$ (15)
Heinz India
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business	$ 655	₨ 46
Less investment in Heinz India	(355)
Recognition of tax indemnification	(48)
Other	(3)		$ 3
Pre-tax gain on sale of Heinz India	$ 249		$ 3	$ 246	$ 249