Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)	12 Months Ended
May 29, 2016
Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Useful Life	4 years
Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets Useful Life	30 years
General Mills [Member] \| Yoplait SAS [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest percentage in consolidated subsidiary	51.00%
Sodiaal International Redeemable Interest [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Redeemable interest terms	Sodiaal has the ability to put all or a portion of its redeemable interest to us at fair value once per year, up to three times before December 2024.
Sodiaal International Redeemable Interest [Member] \| Yoplait SAS [Member]
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Redeemable interest percentage	49.00%
Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment Useful Life	40 years
Equipment, Furniture and Software [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment Useful Life	3 years
Equipment, Furniture and Software [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment Useful Life	10 years

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