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No authoritative reference available. false 9 3 year cumulative inflation rate for economy to be considered highly infaltionary, in percentage 2 hnz_ThreeYearCumulativeInflationRateForEconomyToBeConsideredHighlyInfaltionary hnz false na duration 3 year cumulative inflation rate for economy to be considered highly infaltionary, in percentage. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false 2 false true false false 1 1 false false false 3 false false false false 0 0 false false false 4 false false false false 0 0 false false false us-types:percentItemType pure 3 year cumulative inflation rate for economy to be considered highly infaltionary, in percentage. No authoritative reference available. false 10 3 year cumulative inflation rate that venezuelan economy exceeded, in percentage 2 hnz_ThreeYearCumulativeInflationRateThatVenezuelanEconomyExceeded hnz false na duration 3 year cumulative inflation rate that venezuelan economy exceeded, in percentage. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false true false false 1 1 false false false 2 false false false false 0 0 false false false 3 false false false false 0 0 false false false 4 false false false false 0 0 false false false us-types:percentItemType pure 3 year cumulative inflation rate that venezuelan economy exceeded, in percentage. No authoritative reference available. false 11 Monetary assets, net of monetary liabilities, subject to an earnings impact from exchange rate movements for Venezuelan subsidiary under highly inflationary accounting 2 hnz_MonetaryAssetsNetOfMonetaryLiabilitiesSubjectToEarningsImpactFromExchangeRateMovementsForVenezuelanSubsidiaryUnderHighlyInflationaryAccounting hnz false debit instant Monetary assets, net of monetary liabilities, subject to an earnings impact from exchange rate movements for Venezuelan... false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false 2 false true false false 52300000 52.3 false false false 3 false false false false 0 0 false false false 4 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:monetaryItemType monetary Monetary assets, net of monetary liabilities, subject to an earnings impact from exchange rate movements for Venezuelan subsidiary under highly inflationary accounting. No authoritative reference available. false 12 VEF pending government approval at the 4.30 rate to be used for dividend repatriations 2 hnz_VefPendingGovernmentApprovalAtExchangeRateToBeUsedForDividendRepatriations hnz false debit instant Vef pending government approval at the exchange rate to be used for dividend. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false 2 true true false false 8500000 8.5 false false false 3 false false false false 0 0 false false false 4 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:monetaryItemType monetary Vef pending government approval at the exchange rate to be used for dividend. No authoritative reference available. false 4 10 false HundredThousands UnKnown UnKnown false true