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Business Segments And Geographic Areas (Narrative) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Nov. 30, 2013
Nov. 30, 2012
Industrial [Member] | PepsiCo, Inc. [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Percentage of consolidated sales 11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= mkc_PepsicoIncorporatedMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mkc_IndustrialMember
11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= mkc_PepsicoIncorporatedMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mkc_IndustrialMember
11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= mkc_PepsicoIncorporatedMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mkc_IndustrialMember
Consumer [Member] | Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. [Member]      
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]      
Percentage of consolidated sales 11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= mkc_WalMartStoresIncorporatedMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mkc_ConsumerMember
12.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= mkc_WalMartStoresIncorporatedMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mkc_ConsumerMember
11.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
/ us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis
= mkc_WalMartStoresIncorporatedMember
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= mkc_ConsumerMember