Equity (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 29, 2013

Equity [Abstract]

Earnings per Share [Table Text Block]

Quarters ended June 29, 2013 and June 30, 2012:
			Net income	Average
			attributable to	shares		Earnings
(millions, except per share data)			Kellogg Company	outstanding		per share
2013
	Basic	$	352	364	$	0.96
	Dilutive potential common shares			3		―
	Diluted	$	352	367	$	0.96
2012
	Basic	$	324	357	$	0.91
	Dilutive potential common shares			2		(0.01)
	Diluted	$	324	359	$	0.90

Year-to-date periods ended June 29, 2013 and June 30, 2012:
			Net income	Average
			attributable to	shares		Earnings
(millions, except per share data)			Kellogg Company	outstanding		per share
2013
	Basic	$	663	364	$	1.82
	Dilutive potential common shares			2		(0.01)
	Diluted	$	663	366	$	1.81
2012
	Basic	$	675	357	$	1.89
	Dilutive potential common shares			2		(0.01)
	Diluted	$	675	359	$	1.88

Changes in Comprehensive Income [Table Text Block]

				Quarter ended						Year-to-date period ended
				June 29, 2013						June 29, 2013
					Pre-tax		Tax (expense)		After-tax		Pre-tax		Tax (expense)		After-tax
(millions)					amount		or benefit		amount		amount		or benefit		amount
Net income								$	352					$	663
Other comprehensive income (loss):
	Foreign currency translation adjustments			$	(51)	$	-		(51)	$	(91)	$	-		(91)
	Cash flow hedges:
			Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges		1		-		1		12		(3)		9
			Reclassification to net earnings		(2)		-		(2)		(2)		-		(2)
	Postretirement and postemployment benefits:
		Reclassification to net income:
			Net experience loss		1		-		1		3		-		3
			Prior service cost		3		(1)		2		6		(2)		4
Other comprehensive income (loss)				$	(48)	$	(1)		(49)	$	(72)	$	(5)		(77)
Comprehensive income								$	303					$	586

Relcassification out of AOCI [Table Text Block]

Reclassifications out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) for the quarter and year-to-date periods ended June 29, 2013 consisted of the following:
(millions)
Details about AOCI		Amount reclassified				Affected Line Item in the Statement
components		from AOCI				where Net Income is Presented
	Quarter ended		Year-to-date period ended
	June 29, 2013		June 29, 2013
Gains and losses on cash flow hedges:
Foreign currency exchange contracts	$	(3)		$	(5)	COGS
Interest rate contracts		(1)			(2)	Interest expense
Commodity contracts		2			5	COGS
	$	(2)		$	(2)	Total before tax
		-			-	Tax (expense) benefit
	$	(2)		$	(2)	Net of tax
Amortization of postretirement and postemployment benefits:
Net experience loss	$	1		$	3	See Note 7 for further details
Prior service cost		3			6	See Note 7 for further details
	$	4		$	9	Total before tax
		(1)			(2)	Tax (expense) benefit
	$	3		$	7	Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the quarter	$	1		$	5	Net of tax

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as of June 29, 2013 and December 29, 2012 consisted of the following:
			June 29,		December 29,
(millions)			2013		2012
Foreign currency translation adjustments		$	(923)	$	(832)
Cash flow hedges — unrealized net gain (loss)			4		(3)
Postretirement and postemployment benefits:
	Net experience loss		(26)		(29)
	Prior service cost		(78)		(82)
Total accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		$	(1,023)	$	(946)