Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information (Details 1) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Jan. 31, 2014	Apr. 30, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013	Apr. 30, 2012
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 168.6	$ 256.4	$ 438.8	$ 229.7
Inventories	864.8	945.5
Other current assets	474.7	393.3
Total Current Assets	1,508.1	1,595.2
Property, Plant, and Equipment - Net	1,185.3	1,142.5
Investments in Subsidiaries	0	0
Intercompany	0	0
Other Noncurrent Assets
Goodwill	3,096.6	3,052.9		3,054.6
Other intangible assets - net	3,048.5	3,089.4
Other noncurrent assets	150.5	151.8
Total Other Noncurrent Assets	6,295.6	6,294.1
Total Assets	8,989.0	9,031.8
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities	608.3	596.8
Noncurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt	1,879.4	1,967.8
Deferred income taxes	1,004.4	987.2
Other noncurrent liabilities	292.1	331.2
Total Noncurrent Liabilities	3,175.9	3,286.2
Total Liabilities	3,784.2	3,883.0
Total Shareholders' Equity	5,204.8	5,148.8
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	8,989.0	9,031.8
Eliminations [Member]
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Inventories	(2.4)	(13.6)
Other current assets	0	0
Total Current Assets	(2.4)	(13.6)
Property, Plant, and Equipment - Net	0	0
Investments in Subsidiaries	(12,489.5)	(11,954.1)
Intercompany	1,344.9	1,238.4
Other Noncurrent Assets
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets - net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	0	0
Total Other Noncurrent Assets	0	0
Total Assets	(11,147.0)	(10,729.3)
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities	0	0
Noncurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	0	0
Total Noncurrent Liabilities	0	0
Total Liabilities	0	0
Total Shareholders' Equity	(11,147.0)	(10,729.3)
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	(11,147.0)	(10,729.3)
The J.M. Smucker Company (Parent) [Member]
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	18.3	108.0	294.7	108.3
Inventories	0	0
Other current assets	365.3	320.4
Total Current Assets	383.6	428.4
Property, Plant, and Equipment - Net	230.0	230.9
Investments in Subsidiaries	8,275.1	7,950.9
Intercompany	(2,771.3)	(2,504.5)
Other Noncurrent Assets
Goodwill	1,082.0	1,082.0
Other intangible assets - net	506.6	509.8
Other noncurrent assets	70.9	72.0
Total Other Noncurrent Assets	1,659.5	1,663.8
Total Assets	7,776.9	7,769.5
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities	371.2	317.8
Noncurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt	1,879.4	1,967.8
Deferred income taxes	91.4	97.5
Other noncurrent liabilities	230.0	237.6
Total Noncurrent Liabilities	2,200.8	2,302.9
Total Liabilities	2,572.0	2,620.7
Total Shareholders' Equity	5,204.9	5,148.8
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	7,776.9	7,769.5
Subsidiary Guarantors [Member]
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	0	0	0	0
Inventories	193.9	225.9
Other current assets	5.0	3.3
Total Current Assets	198.9	229.2
Property, Plant, and Equipment - Net	486.4	445.1
Investments in Subsidiaries	4,017.0	3,856.6
Intercompany	301.5	324.8
Other Noncurrent Assets
Goodwill	0	0
Other intangible assets - net	0	0
Other noncurrent assets	13.3	13.7
Total Other Noncurrent Assets	13.3	13.7
Total Assets	5,017.1	4,869.4
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities	80.8	104.9
Noncurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred income taxes	0	0
Other noncurrent liabilities	18.1	18.1
Total Noncurrent Liabilities	18.1	18.1
Total Liabilities	98.9	123.0
Total Shareholders' Equity	4,918.2	4,746.4
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	5,017.1	4,869.4
Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries [Member]
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents	150.3	148.4	144.1	121.4
Inventories	673.3	733.2
Other current assets	104.4	69.6
Total Current Assets	928.0	951.2
Property, Plant, and Equipment - Net	468.9	466.5
Investments in Subsidiaries	197.4	146.6
Intercompany	1,124.9	941.3
Other Noncurrent Assets
Goodwill	2,014.6	1,970.9
Other intangible assets - net	2,541.9	2,579.6
Other noncurrent assets	66.3	66.1
Total Other Noncurrent Assets	4,622.8	4,616.6
Total Assets	7,342.0	7,122.2
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities	156.3	174.1
Noncurrent Liabilities
Long-term debt	0	0
Deferred income taxes	913.0	889.7
Other noncurrent liabilities	44.0	75.5
Total Noncurrent Liabilities	957.0	965.2
Total Liabilities	1,113.3	1,139.3
Total Shareholders' Equity	6,228.7	5,982.9
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity	$ 7,342.0	$ 7,122.2