Acquisitions (Narrative) (Details)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended		0 Months Ended
	Apr. 04, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2014 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2013 Common Stock [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2014 Senior Notes [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 07, 2014 Vion Ingredients [Member] USD ($) product brand continent facilities	Jan. 07, 2014 Vion Ingredients [Member] EUR (€) product brand continent facilities	Oct. 01, 2014 CustomBlendersCompany [Member] USD ($)	Oct. 01, 2014 CustomBlendersCompany [Member] USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of plants						68	68
Number of continents in which entity operates						5	5
Number of brands						6	6
Number of products in portfolio (over 400)						400	400
Purchase price of transaction						$ 2,200,000,000	€ 1,600,000,000
Foreign currency exchange rate, translation						1.3605	1.3605
Stock issued, value				874,000,000
Face amount of debt instrument					500,000,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Net of Cash Acquired	0	2,081,690,000						18,800,000
Property and equipment									3,200,000
Finite-lived Intangibles assets									8,600,000
Goodwill	1,255,105,000		1,320,419,000						5,400,000
Inventory									$ 1,600,000
Weighted average useful life of identifiable intangibles								14 years