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1 000 - Document - Document And Entity Information Network

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2 Document Information [Table] Table

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3 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
4 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
5 Document Information [Line Items] LineItems dei:DocumentInformationLineItems
6 Entity Registrant Name Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:EntityRegistrantName
7 Entity Central Index Key Concept (CIK Number) For Period dei:EntityCentralIndexKey
8 Trading Symbol Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:TradingSymbol
9 Current Fiscal Year End Date Concept (Month/Day) For Period dei:CurrentFiscalYearEndDate
10 Entity Filer Category Concept (Filer Category) For Period dei:EntityFilerCategory
11 Entity Current Reporting Status Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityCurrentReportingStatus
12 Entity Voluntary Filers Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityVoluntaryFilers
13 Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer
14 Entity Emerging Growth Company Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany
15 Entity Small Business Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntitySmallBusiness
16 Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding
17 Document Type Concept (Submission Type) For Period dei:DocumentType
18 Document Period End Date Concept (Date) For Period dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate
19 Document Fiscal Year Focus Concept (Year) For Period dei:DocumentFiscalYearFocus
20 Document Fiscal Period Focus Concept (Fiscal Period) For Period dei:DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus
21 Amendment Flag Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:AmendmentFlag
22 Entity Shell Company Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityShellCompany
23 001 - Statement - Consolidated Income Statements Network

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25 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
26 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
27 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
28 Net sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromContractsWithCustomers
29 Cost of sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CostOfSales
30 Gross profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GrossProfit
31 Distribution expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DistributionCosts
32 Sales and marketing expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SalesAndMarketingExpense
33 Administrative expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
34 Other operating income/(expenses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherOperatingIncomeExpense
35 Exceptional items Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ExceptionalItems
36 Income from operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
37 Finance cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:FinanceCosts
38 Finance income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncome
39 Net finance cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncomeCost
40 Share of result of joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
41 Income before income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
42 Income tax and social contribution expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
43 Net income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
44 Attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToAbstract
45 Equity holders of Ambev Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOwnersOfParent
46 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
47 Basic earnings per share – common - R$ (in BRL per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShare
48 Diluted earnings per share – common - R$ (in BRL per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare
49 002 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income Network

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50 Statement Table [Table] Table

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51 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
52 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
53 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
54 Net income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
55 Items that will not be recycled to profit or loss: Abstract ifrs-full:ComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillNotBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTaxAbstract
56 Full recognition of actuarial gains/(losses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxGainsLossesOnRevaluation
57 Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations (gains/(losses) Abstract ifrs-full:ExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationAbstract
58 Investment hedge in foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnHedgesOfNetInvestmentsInForeignOperationsNetOfTax
59 Investment hedge - put option granted on subsidiary Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnChangeInValueOfTimeValueOfOptionsNetOfTax
60 Gains/losses on translation of other foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:GainsLossesOnOtherExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationNetOfTax
61 Gains/losses on translation of foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationNetOfTax
62 Cash flow hedge - gains/(losses) Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowHedgesAbstract
63 Recognized in Equity (Hedge reserve) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnCashFlowHedgesNetOfTax
64 Removed from Equity (Hedge reserve) and included in profit or loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForAmountsTransferredToInitialCarryingAmountOfHedgedItems
65 Total cash flow hedge Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxCashFlowHedges
66 Other comprehensive (loss)/income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
67 Total comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
68 Attributable to Abstract ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToAbstract
69 Equity holders of Ambev Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToOwnersOfParent
70 Non-controlling interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
71 003 - Statement - Consolidated Balance Sheets Network

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72 Statement Table [Table] Table

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73 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
74 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
75 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
76 Property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
77 Goodwill Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
78 Intangible Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
79 Investments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentsInAssociates
80 Investment securities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentHeldtomaturityInvestments
81 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxAssets
82 Employee benefits Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentRecognisedAssetsDefinedBenefitPlan
83 Derivative financial instruments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentDerivativeFinancialAssets
84 Income tax and social contributions recoverable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:NoncurrentRecoverablesFromIncomeTaxAndSocialContributions
85 Other recoverable taxes Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentReceivablesFromTaxesOtherThanIncomeTax
86 Other assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentAssets
87 Non-current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
88 Investment securities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentInvestments
89 Inventories Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
90 Trade receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
91 Derivative financial asset instruments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentDerivativeFinancialAssets
92 Income tax and social contributions recoverable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CurrentRecoverablesFromIncomeTaxAndSocialContributions
93 Other recoverable taxes Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentReceivablesFromTaxesOtherThanIncomeTax
94 Other assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentAssets
95 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
96 Current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
97 Total assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
98 Equity Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAbstract
99 Issued capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IssuedCapital
100 Reserves Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CapitalReserve
101 Carrying value adjustments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:ReserveOfCarryingValueAdjustments
102 Equity attributable to equity holders of Ambev Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParent
103 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterests
104 Total Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
105 Interest-bearing loans and borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
106 Employee benefits Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentProvisionsForEmployeeBenefits
107 Derivative financial instruments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentDerivativeFinancialLiabilities
108 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxLiabilities
109 Income tax and social contribution payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:CurrentTaxAndContributionsLiabilitiesNoncurrentSpecialProgramForTaxRegulation
110 Taxes and contributions payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:CurrentTaxAndContributionsLiabilitiesNoncurrent
111 Trade payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentPayables
112 Provisions Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentProvisions
113 Put option granted on subsidiary and other liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentFinancialLiabilities
114 Non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
115 Bank overdrafts Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:BankOverdraftsClassifiedAsCashEquivalents
116 Interest-bearing loans and borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowings
117 Wages and salaries Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermEmployeeBenefitsAccruals
118 Dividends and interest on shareholders’ equity payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:CurrentDividendAndInterestPayables
119 Derivative financial instruments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentDerivativeFinancialLiabilities
120 Income tax and social contribution payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:CurrentTaxAndContributionsLiabilitiesCurrent
121 Taxes and contributions payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentPayablesOnSocialSecurityAndTaxesOtherThanIncomeTax
122 Trade payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
123 Provisions Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentProvisions
124 Put option granted on subsidiary and other liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentFinancialLiabilities
125 Current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
126 Total liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Liabilities
127 Total equity and liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
128 004 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity Network

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129 Statement Table [Table] Table

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130 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
131 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
132 Issued capital [member] Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
133 Capital reserve [member] Member ifrs-full:CapitalReserveMember
134 Net income reserves [member] Member abev:NetIncomeReservesMember
135 Retained earnings [member] Member ifrs-full:RetainedEarningsMember
136 Carrying value adjustments [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsMember
137 Equity attributable to owners of parent [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParentMember
138 Non-controlling interests [member] Member ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterestsMember
139 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
140 Balance, before impact Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:EquityBeforeImpactOfTheAdoptionOfIfrs15
141 Impact of the adoption of IFRS 15 (i) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:CumulativeEffectsOfNewStandardsInPeriodOfAdoption
142 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
143 Net Income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
144 Comprehensive income: Abstract ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAbstract
145 Gains/(losses) on translation of foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
146 Cash flow hedges Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxCashFlowHedges
147 Actuarial gains/(losses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxGainsLossesOnRevaluation
148 Total comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
149 Capital increase Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
150 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) (iii) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:CumulativeEffectOfInflationAccountingAndFinancialReportingInHyperinflationaryEconomies
151 Gains/(losses) of controlling interest´s share (ii) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransactionsWithOwners
152 Tax on fictitious dividends Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DecreaseIncreaseThroughTaxOnFictitiousDividendsEquity
153 Dividends distributed Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsPaid
154 Interest on shareholder´s equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangeInShareholdersEquityEquity
155 Purchase of shares and result on treasury shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTreasuryShareTransactions
156 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactions
157 Prescribed/(complement) dividends Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsRecognisedAsDistributionsToOwnersOfParent
158 Reversal effect revaluation of property, plant and equipment under the predecessor basis accounting Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ReversalEffectRevaluationOfFixedAssetsUnderThePredecessorBasisAccounting
159 Fiscal incentive reserve Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseInFiscalIncentiveReserve
160 Investments reserve Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseInvestmentsReserve
161 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
162 Net Income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
163 Options granted on subsidiary Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughPutOpionsGrantedOnSubsidiaryEquity
164 Exchange transaction of shareholdings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangeInTheStockExchangeTransacionsEquity
165 Final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
166 005 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Parentheticals) Network

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167 Statement Table [Table] Table

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168 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
169 Cumulative effect, Attributable to Equity Holders Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:CumulativeEffectOfInflationAccountingAndFinancialReportingInHyperinflationaryEconomiesOnIncomeAttributableToEquityHolders
170 Cumulative effect, Attributable to Non-controlling interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:CumulativeEffectOfInflationAccountingAndFinancialReportingInHyperinflationaryEconomiesOnIncomeAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
171 Cumulative effect, Attributable to Non-controlling interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:RenegotiationOfShareholdersAgreement
172 006 - Statement - Consolidated of Cash Flow Statements Network

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173 Statement Table [Table] Table

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174 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
175 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
176 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
177 Net Income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
178 Depreciation, amortization and impairment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDepreciationAndAmortisationExpenseAndImpairmentLossReversalOfImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
179 Impairment losses on receivables and inventories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AdjustmentsForImpairmentLossReversalOfImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossReceivablesAndInventories
180 Additions/(reversals) in provisions and employee benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInProvisionsAndEmployeeBenefitLiabilities
181 Net finance cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFinanceIncomeCost
182 Losses/(gain) on sale of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForGainLossOnDisposalsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
183 Losses/(gain) on sale of operations in subsidiaries Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:AdjustmentsForGainLossOnDisposalOfInvestmentsInSubsidiaries
184 Losses/(gain) on sale of operations in associates Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:AdjustmentsForGainLossOnDisposalOfInvestmentsInAssociates
185 Gains on exchange transaction of shareholdings Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AdjustmentsForGainsLossesOnStockExchangeNotIncludingAcquisitionOfSubsidiariesNetOfCashAcquired
186 Equity-settled share-based payment expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForSharebasedPayments
187 Income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncomeTaxExpense
188 Share of result of joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
189 Other non-cash items included in the profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherAdjustmentsForNoncashItems
190 Cash flow from operating activities before changes in working capital and use of provisions Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperationsBeforeChangesInWorkingCapital
191 (Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAndOtherReceivables
192 (Increase)/decrease in inventories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInInventories
193 Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAndOtherPayables
194 Cash generated from operations Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperations
195 Interest paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestPaidClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
196 Interest received Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestReceivedClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
197 Dividends received Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsReceivedClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
198 Income tax paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidRefundClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
199 Cash flow from operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
200 Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromDisposalsOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillInvestmentPropertyAndOtherNoncurrentAssets
201 Acquisition of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillInvestmentPropertyAndOtherNoncurrentAssets
202 Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CashFlowsUsedInObtainingControlOfSubsidiariesOrOtherBusinessesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
203 Acquisition of other investments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherCashPaymentsToAcquireEquityOrDebtInstrumentsOfOtherEntitiesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
204 Investment in short term debt securities and net proceeds/(acquisition) of debt securities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInDecreaseIncreaseInShorttermDepositsAndInvestments
205 Net proceeds/(acquisition) of other assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:NetProceedsAcquisitionOfOtherAssets
206 Cash flow from investing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
207 Capital increase Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssueOfOrdinaryShares
208 Proceeds/(repurchase) of treasury shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromSaleOrIssueOfTreasuryShares
209 Acquisition of non-controlling interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PaymentsToAcquireOrRedeemEntitysShares
210 Proceeds from borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
211 Repayment of borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
212 Cash net of finance costs other than interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:PaymentsOnNetOfFinanceCostsOtherThanInterests
213 Payment of finance lease liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PaymentsOfFinanceLeaseLiabilitiesClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
214 Dividends and Interest on shareholder´s equity paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:DividendsAndInterestPaidOnShareholdersEquity
215 Cash flow from financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
216 Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents
217 Cash and cash equivalents less bank overdrafts at beginning of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CashAndCashEquivalentsAfterBankOverdrafts
218 Effect of exchange rate fluctuations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:EffectOfExchangeRateChangesOnCashAndCashEquivalents
219 Cash and cash equivalents less bank overdrafts at end of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CashAndCashEquivalentsAfterBankOverdrafts
220 007 - Disclosure - Note 1 - Corporate Information Network

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222 Geographical areas [axis] Axis ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasAxis
223 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
224 Argentinean pesos per Brazilian Real [Member] Member abev:ArgentineanPesosPerBrazilianRealMember
225 Rio de Janeiro [member] Member abev:RioDeJaneiroMember
226 New IFRSs [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NewIFRSsAxis
227 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
228 IAS 29 [member] Member abev:IAS29Member
229 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
230 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
231 Barbados Bottling Co [member] Member abev:BarbadosBottlingCoMember
232 CERVECERIA Y MALTERIA QUILMES SAICA Y G [member] Member abev:CerveceriaYMalteriaQuilmesSaicaYGMember
233 Cervecería Nacional Dominicana S.A. [member] Member abev:CerveceraNacionalDominicanaSaMember
234 Labatt Breweries [member] Member abev:LabattBreweriesMember
235 CRBS S.A. and Ambev Luxembourg [member] Member abev:CRBSSAAndAmbevLuxembourgMember
236 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
237 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
238 E. León Jimenes S.A. [member] Member abev:ELenJimenesSaMember
239 Brasil Kirin Indústria de Bebidas Ltda. [member] Member abev:BrasilKirinIndstriaDeBebidasLtdaMember
240 Sucos do Bem [member] Member abev:SucosDoBemMember
241 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
242 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
243 Partial exercise of put option for further ownership of subsidiary [member] Member abev:PartialExerciseOfPutOptionForFurtherOwnershipOfSubsidiaryMember
244 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
245 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
246 Cachoeira de Macacu Bebidas Ltda. [member] Member abev:CachoeiraDeMacacuBebidasLtdaMember
247 Cerveceria Nacional S. de R.L. [member] Member abev:CerveceriaNacionalSDeRlMember
248 Archibald Microbrasserie [member] Member abev:ArchibaldMicrobrasserieMember
249 Mark Anthony Group [member] Member abev:MarkAnthonyGroupMember
250 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
251 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
252 Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschInBevNvMember
253 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
254 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
255 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
256 Description of corporate information [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DescriptionOfCorporateInformationTextBlock
257 008 - Disclosure - Note 2 - Statement of Compliance Network

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259 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
260 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
261 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
262 Statement of IFRS compliance [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:StatementOfIFRSCompliance
263 009 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Network

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264 Statement Table [Table] Table

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265 New IFRSs [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NewIFRSsAxis
266 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
267 IFRS 15 revenue from contracts with customers [member] Member abev:Ifrs15RevenueFromContractsWithCustomersMember
268 IFRS 16 leases [member] Member abev:IFRS16LeasesMember
269 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
270 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
271 Impact of new initial application of new standards [member] Member abev:ImpactOfNewInitialApplicationOfNewStandardsMember
272 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
273 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
274 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
275 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
276 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
277 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
278 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
279 Disclosure of significant accounting policies [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSummaryOfSignificantAccountingPoliciesExplanatory
280 010 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Use of Estimates and Judgments Network

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286 011 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Segment Reporting Network

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292 012 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Net Sales Network

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298 013 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Other Operating Income/(Expenses) Network

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304 014 - Disclosure - Note 8 - Exceptional Items Network

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310 015 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Payroll and Related Benefits Network

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316 016 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Additional Information on Operating Expenses by Nature Network

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322 017 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Finance Cost and Income Network

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327 Disclosure of finance income (cost) [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinanceIncomeExpenseExplanatory
328 018 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Income Tax and Social Contribution Network

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336 Disclosure of income tax and social contribution [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfIncomeTaxAndSocialContributionTextBlock
337 019 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Property, Plant and Equipment Network

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342 Disclosure of property, plant and equipment [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
343 020 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Goodwill Network

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351 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
352 Disclosure of goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfGoodwillExplanatory
353 021 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Intangible Network

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359 022 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Investment Securities Network

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365 023 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution Network

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374 Disclosure of deferred income tax and social contribution [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfDeferredIncomeTaxAndSocialContributionTextBlock
375 024 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Inventories Network

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379 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
380 Disclosure of inventories [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInventoriesExplanatory
381 025 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Trade Receivables Network

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386 Disclosure of trade and other receivables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTradeAndOtherReceivablesExplanatory
387 026 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Cash and Cash Equivalents Network

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393 027 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity Network

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407 E. León Jimenes S.A. [member] Member abev:ELenJimenesSaMember
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412 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
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414 Sucos do Bem [member] Member abev:SucosDoBemMember
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424 Disclosure of changes in equity [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfChangesInEquityTextBlock
425 028 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Interest-bearing Loans and Borrowings Network

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430 Disclosure of borrowings [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfBorrowingsExplanatory
431 029 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits Network

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439 Disclosure of employee benefits [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfEmployeeBenefitsExplanatory
440 030 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Share-based Payments Network

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457 Disclosure of share-based payment arrangements [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsExplanatory
458 031 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Trade Payables Network

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463 Disclosure of trade and other payables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTradeAndOtherPayablesExplanatory
464 032 - Disclosure - Note 26 - Provisions Network

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470 033 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks Network

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485 Disclosure of financial instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
486 034 - Disclosure - Note 28 - Operating Leases Network

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491 Disclosure of leases [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfLeasesExplanatory
492 035 - Disclosure - Note 29 - Collateral and Contractual Commitments with Suppliers, Advances From Customers and Other Network

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498 036 - Disclosure - Note 30 - Contingent Liability Network

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505 Tax contingent liability related to taxes paid abroad [member] Member abev:TaxContingentLiabilityRelatedToTaxesPaidAbroadMember
506 Legal proceedings contingent liability related to unconditional discounts [member] Member abev:LegalProceedingsContingentLiabilityRelatedToUnconditionalDiscountsMember
507 Tax contingent liability relating to Manaus Free Trade Zone - ZFM [member] Member abev:TaxContingentLiabilityRelatingToManausFreeTradeZoneZfmMember
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531 037 - Disclosure - Note 31 - Non-cash Items Network

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537 038 - Disclosure - Note 32 - Related Parties Network

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550 Disclosure of related party [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfRelatedPartyExplanatory
551 039 - Disclosure - Note 33 - Group Companies Network

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557 040 - Disclosure - Note 34 - Insurance Network

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562 Disclosure of insurance contracts [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInsuranceContractsExplanatory
563 041 - Disclosure - Note 35 - Events After the Reporting Period Network

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579 Disclosure of events after reporting period [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfEventsAfterReportingPeriodExplanatory
580 042 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) Network

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591 Description of accounting policy for segment reporting [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForSegmentReportingExplanatory
592 Description of accounting policy for recognition of revenue [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForRecognitionOfRevenue
593 Description of accounting policy for expenses [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForExpensesExplanatory
594 Description of accounting policy for exceptional items [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForExceptionalItemsExplanatory
595 Description of accounting policy for income tax [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForIncomeTaxExplanatory
596 Description of accounting policy for property, plant and equipment [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
597 Description of accounting policy for goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForGoodwillExplanatory
598 Description of accounting policy for intangible assets other than goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillExplanatory
599 Description of accounting policy for measuring inventories [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForMeasuringInventories
600 Description of accounting policy for trade and other receivables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForTradeAndOtherReceivablesExplanatory
601 Description of accounting policy for determining components of cash and cash equivalents [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyToDetermineComponentsOfCashAndCashEquivalents
602 Description of accounting policy for issued capital [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForIssuedCapitalExplanatory
603 Description of accounting policy for borrowings [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForBorrowingsExplanatory
604 Description of accounting policy for employee benefits [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForEmployeeBenefitsExplanatory
605 Description of accounting policy for share-based payment transactions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForSharebasedPaymentTransactionsExplanatory
606 Description of accounting policy for trade and other payables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForTradeAndOtherPayablesExplanatory
607 Description of accounting policy for provisions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForProvisionsExplanatory
608 Description of accounting policy for financial instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
609 Description of accounting policy for impairment of non-financial assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForImpairmentOfNonfinancialAssetsExplanatory
610 Description of accounting policy for leases [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForLeasesExplanatory
611 Description of accounting policy for government grants [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForGovernmentGrants
612 043 - Disclosure - Note 1 - Corporate Information (Tables) Network

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616 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
617 Disclosure of impact of application of inflation accounting and financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfImpactOfApplicationOfInflationAccountingAndFinancialReportingInHyperinflationaryEconomiesTextBlock
618 044 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) Network

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619 Statement Table [Table] Table

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621 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
622 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
623 Disclosure of effect of changes in foreign exchange rates [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfEffectOfChangesInForeignExchangeRatesExplanatory
624 Disclosure of estimated useful lives of major property, plant and equipment classes [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfEstimatedUsefulLivesOfMajorPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassesTextBlock
625 045 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Segment Reporting (Tables) Network

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626 Statement Table [Table] Table

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628 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
629 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
630 Disclosure of reportable segments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfReportableSegmentsTextBlock
631 046 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Net Sales (Tables) Network

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632 Statement Table [Table] Table

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634 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
635 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
636 Disclosure of the reconciliation between gross sales and net sales [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTheReconciliationBetweenGrossSalesAndNetSalesTextBlock
637 047 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Other Operating Income/(Expenses) (Tables) Network

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638 Statement Table [Table] Table

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640 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
641 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
642 Disclosure of other operating income (expense) portions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfOtherOperatingIncomeExpensePortionsTextBlock
643 048 - Disclosure - Note 8 - Exceptional Items (Tables) Network

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644 Statement Table [Table] Table

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646 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
647 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
648 Disclosure of exceptional items included in the income statement [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfExceptionalItemsIncludedInTheIncomeStatementTextBlock
649 049 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Payroll and Related Benefits (Tables) Network

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650 Statement Table [Table] Table

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652 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
653 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
654 Disclosure of payroll and related benefits [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfPayrollAndRelatedBenefitsTextBlock
655 Disclosure of payroll and related benefits affecting the income statement [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfPayrollAndRelatedBenefitsAffectingTheIncomeStatementTextBlock
656 050 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Additional Information on Operating Expenses by Nature (Tables) Network

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657 Statement Table [Table] Table

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659 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
660 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
661 Disclosure of depreciation and amortisation expense [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDepreciationAndAmortisationExpenseExplanatory
662 051 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Finance Cost and Income (Tables) Network

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663 Statement Table [Table] Table

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664 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
665 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
666 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
667 Disclosure of finance cost [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinanceCostExplanatory
668 Disclosure of interest expense [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInterestExpenseExplanatory
669 Disclosure of finance income [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinanceIncomeExplanatory
670 052 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Income Tax and Social Contribution (Tables) Network

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671 Statement Table [Table] Table

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673 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
674 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
675 Disclosure of income tax [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIncomeTaxExplanatory
676 Disclosure of reconciliation from the weighted nominal to the effective tax rate [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfReconciliationFromTheWeightedNominalToTheEffectiveTaxRateTextBlock
677 053 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables) Network

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678 Statement Table [Table] Table

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679 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
680 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
681 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
682 Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
683 054 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Goodwill (Tables) Network

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684 Statement Table [Table] Table

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685 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
686 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
687 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
688 Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfReconciliationOfChangesInGoodwillExplanatory
689 Disclosure of information for cash-generating units [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInformationForIndividualAssetOrCashgeneratingUnitWithSignificantAmountOfGoodwillOrIntangibleAssetsWithIndefiniteUsefulLivesExplanatory
690 Disclosure of significant unobservable inputs used in fair value measurement of assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSignificantUnobservableInputsUsedInFairValueMeasurementOfAssetsExplanatory
691 055 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Intangible (Tables) Network

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692 Statement Table [Table] Table

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693 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
694 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
695 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
696 Disclosure of detailed information about intangible assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutIntangibleAssetsExplanatory
697 Disclosure of intangible assets with indefinite useful life [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIntangibleAssetsWithIndefiniteUsefulLifeExplanatory
698 056 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Investment Securities (Tables) Network

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699 Statement Table [Table] Table

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700 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
701 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
702 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
703 Disclosure of investment securities portions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfInvestmentSecuritiesPortionsTextBlock
704 057 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution (Tables) Network

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705 Statement Table [Table] Table

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706 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
707 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
708 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
709 Disclosure of the applied rates for deferred income and social contribution [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTheAppliedRatesForDeferredIncomeAndSocialContributionTextBlock
710 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsExplanatory
711 Disclosure of the realization of deferred tax assets and liabilities [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTheRealizationOfDeferredTaxAssetsAndLiabilitiesTextBlock
712 Disclosure of deferred tax realization related to tax losses [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfDeferredTaxRealizationRelatedToTaxLossesTextBlock
713 Disclosure of the reconciliation of changes in deferred tax liability (asset) [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTheReconciliationOfChangesInDeferredTaxLiabilityAssetTextBlock
714 058 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Inventories (Tables) Network

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715 Statement Table [Table] Table

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716 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
717 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
718 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
719 Disclosure of inventory components [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfInventoryComponentsTextBlock
720 059 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Trade Receivables (Tables) Network

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721 Statement Table [Table] Table

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722 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
723 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
724 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
725 Disclosure of current trade receivables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfCurrentTradeReceivablesTextBlock
726 Disclosure of maturity of the current trade receivables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfMaturityOfTheCurrentTradeReceivablesTextBlock
727 060 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Cash and Cash Equivalents (Tables) Network

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728 Statement Table [Table] Table

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729 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
730 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
731 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
732 Disclosure of components in cash and cash equivalents [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfComponentsInCashAndCashEquivalentsTextBlock
733 061 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity (Tables) Network

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734 Statement Table [Table] Table

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735 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
736 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
737 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
738 Disclosure of issued capital [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIssuedCapitalExplanatory
739 Disclosure of classes of share capital [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfClassesOfShareCapitalExplanatory
740 Disclosure of treasury shares [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTreasurySharesExplanatory
741 Disclosure of net income reserves [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfNetIncomeReservesTextBlock
742 Disclosure of interest on shareholders' equity and dividends [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfInterestOnShareholdersEquityAndDividendsTextBlock
743 Disclosure of changes in carrying value of equity [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfChangesInCarryingValueOfEquityTextBlock
744 Disclosure of earnings per share [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfEarningsPerShareExplanatory
745 Earnings per share [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:EarningsPerShareExplanatory
746 Disclosure for the basis of dividends [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureForTheBasisOfDividendsTextBlock
747 062 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Interest-bearing Loans and Borrowings (Tables) Network

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748 Statement Table [Table] Table

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749 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
750 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
751 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
752 Disclosure of total liabilities [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTotalLiabilitiesTextBlock
753 Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutBorrowingsExplanatory
754 Disclosure of terms and debt repayments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTermsAndDebtRepaymentsTextBlock
755 Reconciliation of liabilities arising from financing activities [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:ReconciliationOfLiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivitiesTextBlock
756 063 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits (Tables) Network

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757 Statement Table [Table] Table

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758 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
759 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
760 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
761 Disclosure of net defined benefit liability (asset) [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetExplanatory
762 Disclosure of defined benefit obligation [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfDefinedBenefitObligationTextBlock
763 Disclosure of the change in fair value of the plan assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTheChangeInFairValueOfThePlanAssetsTextBlock
764 Disclosure of asset ceiling [text block] Concept (Text/String) For Period abev:DisclosureOfAssetCeilingTextBlock
765 Disclosure of defined benefit plans recognized in the income statement [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfDefinedBenefitPlansRecognizedInTheIncomeStatementTextBlock
766 Disclosure of employee benefit revenue (expenses) allocation in income statement [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfEmployeeBenefitRevenueExpensesAllocationInIncomeStatementTextBlock
767 Disclosure of actuarial assumptions of the entity [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfActuarialAssumptionsOfTheEntityTextBlock
768 Disclosure of sensitivity analysis for actuarial assumptions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSensitivityAnalysisForActuarialAssumptionsExplanatory
769 Disclosure of plan assets components [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfPlanAssetsComponentsTextBlock
770 064 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Share-based Payments (Tables) Network

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771 Statement Table [Table] Table

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772 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
773 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
774 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
775 Disclosure of indirect measurement of fair value of goods or services received, share options granted during period [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfIndirectMeasurementOfFairValueOfGoodsOrServicesReceivedShareOptionsGrantedDuringPeriodExplanatory
776 Disclosure of the number of share options [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTheNumberOfShareOptionsTextBlock
777 Disclosure of weighted average exercise prices of share options [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfWeightedAverageExercisePricesOfShareOptionsTextBlock
778 Disclosure of number and weighted average exercise prices of other equity instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNumberAndWeightedAverageExercisePricesOfOtherEquityInstrumentsExplanatory
779 065 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Trade Payables (Tables) Network

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780 Statement Table [Table] Table

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781 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
782 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
783 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
784 Disclosure of the components of trade payables [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTheComponentsOfTradePayablesTextBlock
785 066 - Disclosure - Note 26 - Provisions (Tables) Network

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786 Statement Table [Table] Table

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787 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
788 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
789 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
790 Disclosure of other provisions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfOtherProvisionsExplanatory
791 Disclosure of the disbursement expectative of the provisions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfTheDisbursementExpectativeOfTheProvisionsTextBlock
792 067 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks (Tables) Network

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793 Statement Table [Table] Table

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794 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
795 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
796 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
797 Disclosure of financial risk management [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinancialRiskManagementExplanatory
798 Disclosure of detailed information about hedging instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutHedgingInstrumentsExplanatory
799 Sensitivity analysis for types of market risk [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:SensitivityAnalysisForEachTypeOfMarketRisk
800 Disclosure of notional and fair value amounts per financial instrument and maturity [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfNotionalAndFairValueAmountsPerFinancialInstrumentAndMaturityTextBlock
801 Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
802 Disclosure of financial instruments fair value hierarchy [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfFinancialInstrumentsFairValueHierarchyTextBlock
803 Disclosure of fair value measurement of liabilities [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFairValueMeasurementOfLiabilitiesExplanatory
804 068 - Disclosure - Note 28 - Operating Leases (Tables) Network

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805 Statement Table [Table] Table

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806 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
807 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
808 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
809 Disclosure of finance lease and operating lease by lessee [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinanceLeaseAndOperatingLeaseByLesseeExplanatory
810 069 - Disclosure - Note 29 - Collateral and Contractual Commitments with Suppliers, Advances From Customers and Other (Tables) Network

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811 Statement Table [Table] Table

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812 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
813 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
814 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
815 Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfCommitmentsAndContingentLiabilitiesExplanatory
816 Disclosure of future contractual commitments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfFutureContractualCommitmentsTextBlock
817 070 - Disclosure - Note 30 - Contingent Liability (Tables) Network

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818 Statement Table [Table] Table

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819 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
820 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
821 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
822 Disclosure of estimates of possible losses [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfEstimatesOfPossibleLossesTextBlock
823 071 - Disclosure - Note 31 - Non-cash Items (Tables) Network

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824 Statement Table [Table] Table

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825 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
826 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
827 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
828 Disclosure of detailed information about non-cash items [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutNoncashItemsTextBlock
829 072 - Disclosure - Note 32 - Related Parties (Tables) Network

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830 Statement Table [Table] Table

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831 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
832 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
833 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
834 Disclosure of key management personnel compensation [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period abev:DisclosureOfKeyManagementPersonnelCompensationTextBlock
835 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTransactionsBetweenRelatedPartiesExplanatory
836 073 - Disclosure - Note 1 - Corporate Information (Details Textual) Network

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837 Statement Table [Table] Table

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838 Geographical areas [axis] Axis ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasAxis
839 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
840 Argentinean pesos per Brazilian Real [Member] Member abev:ArgentineanPesosPerBrazilianRealMember
841 Rio de Janeiro [member] Member abev:RioDeJaneiroMember
842 New IFRSs [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NewIFRSsAxis
843 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
844 IAS 29 [member] Member abev:IAS29Member
845 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
846 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
847 Barbados Bottling Co [member] Member abev:BarbadosBottlingCoMember
848 CERVECERIA Y MALTERIA QUILMES SAICA Y G [member] Member abev:CerveceriaYMalteriaQuilmesSaicaYGMember
849 Cervecería Nacional Dominicana S.A. [member] Member abev:CerveceraNacionalDominicanaSaMember
850 Labatt Breweries [member] Member abev:LabattBreweriesMember
851 CRBS S.A. and Ambev Luxembourg [member] Member abev:CRBSSAAndAmbevLuxembourgMember
852 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
853 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
854 E. León Jimenes S.A. [member] Member abev:ELenJimenesSaMember
855 Brasil Kirin Indústria de Bebidas Ltda. [member] Member abev:BrasilKirinIndstriaDeBebidasLtdaMember
856 Sucos do Bem [member] Member abev:SucosDoBemMember
857 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
858 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
859 Partial exercise of put option for further ownership of subsidiary [member] Member abev:PartialExerciseOfPutOptionForFurtherOwnershipOfSubsidiaryMember
860 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
861 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
862 Cachoeira de Macacu Bebidas Ltda. [member] Member abev:CachoeiraDeMacacuBebidasLtdaMember
863 Cerveceria Nacional S. de R.L. [member] Member abev:CerveceriaNacionalSDeRlMember
864 Archibald Microbrasserie [member] Member abev:ArchibaldMicrobrasserieMember
865 Mark Anthony Group [member] Member abev:MarkAnthonyGroupMember
866 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
867 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
868 Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschInBevNvMember
869 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
870 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
871 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
872 Closing foreign exchange rate Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:ClosingForeignExchangeRate
873 Finance income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncome
874 Profit (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
875 Maximum exposure of common shares under a equity swap agreement Concept (Shares) As Of abev:MaximumExposureOfCommonSharesUnderAEquitySwapAgreement
876 Maximum exposure of common shares under a equity swap agreement, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:MaximumExposureOfCommonSharesUnderAEquitySwapAgreementAmount
877 Maximum term of equity swap agreement Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period abev:MaximumTermOfEquitySwapAgreement
878 Proceeds from sales of interests in associates Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromSalesOfInterestsInAssociates
879 Gains (losses) recognised when control of subsidiary is lost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesRecognisedWhenControlInSubsidiaryIsLost
880 Exceptional items Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ExceptionalItems
881 Payments to a subsidiary for completion of 3rd party licensing transaction Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:PaymentsToASubsidiaryForCompletionOf3rdPartyLicensingTransaction
882 Percentage approximate of put option partially exercised, related to capital stock Concept (Percent) For Period abev:PercentageApproximateOfPutOptionPartiallyExercisedRelatedToCapitalStock
883 Total consideration transferred, acquisition-date fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AcquisitiondateFairValueOfTotalConsiderationTransferred
884 Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInSubsidiary
885 Proportion of ownership interests held by non-controlling interests Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestsHeldByNoncontrollingInterests
886 Total amount considered under the Federal Tax Amnesty Program Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:TotalAmountConsideredUnderTheFederalTaxAmnestyProgram
887 Amount paid under the Federal Tax Amnesty Program Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:AmountPaidUnderTheFederalTaxAmnestyProgram
888 Remaining required monthly payments under the Federal Tax Amnesty Program Concept (Integer) As Of abev:RemainingRequiredMonthlyPaymentsUnderTheFederalTaxAmnestyProgram
889 Fair value of profit (loss) from a like-kind exchange of property Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:FairValueOfProfitLossFromALikekindExchangeOfProperty
890 Percentage of voting equity interests acquired Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:PercentageOfVotingEquityInterestsAcquired
891 074 - Disclosure - Note 1 - Corporate Information - Net Assets Impacts of the Company (Details) Network

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893 New IFRSs [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NewIFRSsAxis
894 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
895 IAS 29, application of inflation accounting and financial reporting in hyperinflationary economies [member] Member abev:IAS29PplicationOfInflationAccountingAndFinancialReportingInHyperinflationaryEconomiesMember
896 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
897 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
898 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
899 Property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
900 Goodwill Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
901 Intangible Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
902 Non-current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
903 Inventories Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
904 Current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
905 Total assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
906 Reserves Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CapitalReserve
907 Carrying value adjustments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:ReserveOfCarryingValueAdjustments
908 Retained earnings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
909 Equity attributable to equity holders of Ambev Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParent
910 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterests
911 Total Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
912 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxLiabilities
913 Non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
914 Total liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Liabilities
915 Total equity and liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
916 075 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) Network

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919 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
920 IFRS 15 revenue from contracts with customers [member] Member abev:Ifrs15RevenueFromContractsWithCustomersMember
921 IFRS 16 leases [member] Member abev:IFRS16LeasesMember
922 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
923 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
924 Impact of new initial application of new standards [member] Member abev:ImpactOfNewInitialApplicationOfNewStandardsMember
925 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
926 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
927 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
928 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
929 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
930 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
931 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
932 Cumulative effects of new standards in period of adoption Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:CumulativeEffectsOfNewStandardsInPeriodOfAdoption
933 Right-of-use assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:RightofuseAssets
934 Total lease liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LeaseLiabilities
935 Lease liabilities, weighted average rate applied Concept (Percent) As Of abev:LeaseLiabilitiesWeightedAverageRateApplied
936 Amortization period of intangible assets of definite useful life Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period abev:AmortisationPeriodOfIntangibleAssetsOfDefiniteUsefulLife
937 076 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Significant Exchange Rates (Details) Network

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938 Statement Table [Table] Table

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939 Geographical areas [axis] Axis ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasAxis
940 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
941 Canadian Dollars spent in Canada and Cuba [member] Member abev:CanadianDollarsSpentInCanadaAndCubaMember
942 Dominican Pesos spent in the Dominican Republic [member] Member abev:DominicanPesosSpentInTheDominicanRepublicMember
943 US Dollars spent in Ecuador, Panama and Cuba [member] Member abev:USDollarsSpentInEcuadorPanamaAndCubaMember
944 Quetzal spent in Guatemala [member] Member abev:QuetzalSpentInGuatemalaMember
945 Novo Sol spent in Peru [member] Member abev:NovoSolSpentInPeruMember
946 Argentinean Peso spent in Argentina [member] Member abev:ArgentineanPesoSpentInArgentinaMember
947 Bolivian Peso spent in Bolivia [member] Member abev:BolivianPesoSpentInBoliviaMember
948 Guarani spent in Paraguai [member] Member abev:GuaraniSpentInParaguaiMember
949 Uruguayan Peso spent in Uruguay [member] Member abev:UruguayanPesoSpentInUruguayMember
950 Chilean Peso spent in Chile [member] Member abev:ChileanPesoSpentInChileMember
951 Peso colombiano spent in Colombia [member] Member abev:PesoColombianoSpentInColombiaMember
952 Barbadian Dollar spent in Barbados [member] Member abev:BarbadianDollarSpentInBarbadosMember
953 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
954 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
955 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
956 Closing rate Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:ClosingForeignExchangeRate
957 Average rate Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:AverageForeignExchangeRate
958 077 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Useful Lives of Major Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) Network

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959 Statement Table [Table] Table

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960 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
961 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
962 Buildings [member] Member ifrs-full:BuildingsMember
963 Plant and equipment [member] Member abev:PlantAndEquipmentMember
964 Fixtures [member] Member abev:FixturesMember
965 Fittings [member] Member abev:FittingsMember
966 External use assets [member] Member abev:ExternalUseAssetsMember
967 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
968 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
969 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
970 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
971 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
972 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
973 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
974 Property, plant and equipment, useful life (Year) Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period abev:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentUsefulLife
975 078 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Segment Reporting - Reportable Segments (Details) Network

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976 Statement Table [Table] Table

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977 Segments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
978 Segments [member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
979 North Latin America segment [member] Member abev:NorthLatinAmericaSegmentMember
980 South Latin America segment [member] Member abev:SouthLatinAmericaSegmentMember
981 Canada segment [member] Member abev:CanadaSegmentMember
982 Latin America – north segment - CAC segment [member] Member abev:LatinAmericaNorthSegmentCACSegmentMember
983 Latin America - north segment - Brazil [member] Member abev:LatinAmericaNorthSegmentBrazilMember
984 Latin America - north [member] Member abev:LatinAmericaNorthMember
985 Segment consolidation items [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentConsolidationItemsAxis
986 Entity's total for segment consolidation items [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSegmentConsolidationItemsMember
987 Operating segments [member] Member ifrs-full:OperatingSegmentsMember
988 Elimination of intersegment amounts [member] Member ifrs-full:EliminationOfIntersegmentAmountsMember
989 Unallocated amounts [member] Member ifrs-full:UnallocatedAmountsMember
990 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
991 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
992 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
993 Net sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromContractsWithCustomers
994 Cost of sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CostOfSales
995 Gross profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GrossProfit
996 Distribution expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DistributionCosts
997 Sales and marketing expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SalesAndMarketingExpense
998 Administrative expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
999 Other operating income/(expenses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherOperatingIncomeExpense
1000 Exceptional items Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ExceptionalItems
1001 Income from operations (EBIT) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
1002 Net finance cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncomeCost
1003 Share of result of joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
1004 Income before income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
1005 Income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1006 Net Income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
1007 Normalized EBITDA(iii) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:NormalizedEBITDA
1008 Depreciation. amortization and impairment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDepreciationAndAmortisationExpenseAndImpairmentLossReversalOfImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
1009 Normalized EBITDA margin in % Concept (Percent) For Period abev:NormalizedEBITDAMarginInPercentage
1010 Acquisition of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
1011 Total assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
1012 Total liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
1013 079 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Net Sales (Details Textual) Network

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1014 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1015 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1016 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1017 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1018 Gain from favorable judicial decisions for excluding the ICMS from the taxable basis of PIS and COFINS Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:GainFromFavorableJudicialDecisionsForExcludingTheICMSFromTheTaxableBasisOfPISAndCOFINS
1019 080 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Net Sales - Reconciliation Between Gross Sales and Net Sales (Details) Network

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1020 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1021 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1022 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1023 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1024 Gross sales and/or services Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromSaleOfGoods
1025 Excise duty Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxExpenseOtherThanIncomeTaxExpense
1026 Discounts Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:SalesDiscounts
1027 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1028 081 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Other Operating Income/(Expenses) (Details) Network

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1029 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1030 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1031 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1032 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1033 Government grants/NPV of long term fiscal incentives Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromGovernmentGrants
1034 (Additions)/reversals to provisions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForProvisions
1035 Gains/(losses) on disposal of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and operation in associates Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsOnDisposalsOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1036 Other operating income/(expenses), net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:OtherPortionsOfOtherOperatingIncomeExpense
1037 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherOperatingIncomeExpense
1038 082 - Disclosure - Note 8 - Exceptional Items - Exceptional Items Included in the Income Statement (Details) Network

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1039 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1040 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1041 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1042 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1043 Result through exchange transaction of shareholdings (i) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AdjustmentsForGainsLossesOnStockExchange
1044 Restructuring (ii) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseOfRestructuringActivities
1045 Result on sale of subsidiary (iii) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnDisposalsOfInvestments
1046 Acquisition of subsidiary Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionrelatedCostsForTransactionRecognisedSeparatelyFromAcquisitionOfAssetsAndAssumptionOfLiabilitiesInBusinessCombination
1047 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnNetMonetaryPosition
1048 Others Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:OtherExceptionalItems
1049 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ExceptionalItems
1050 083 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Payroll and Related Benefits - Schedule of Payroll and Related Benefits (Details) Network

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1051 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1053 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1054 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1055 Wages and salaries Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:WagesAndSalaries
1056 Social security contributions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SocialSecurityContributions
1057 Other personnel cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherEmployeeExpense
1058 Increase in liabilities for defined benefit plans Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PostemploymentBenefitExpenseDefinedBenefitPlans
1059 Share-based payment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseFromSharebasedPaymentTransactionsWithEmployees
1060 Contributions to defined contribution plans Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PostemploymentBenefitExpenseDefinedContributionPlans
1061 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:EmployeeBenefitsExpense
1062 084 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Payroll and Related Benefits - Payroll and Related Benefits Income Statement Presentation (Details) Network

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1063 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1064 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1065 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1066 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1067 Cost of sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:EmployeeBenefitsExpenseCostOfSales
1068 Distribution expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:EmployeeBenefitsExpenseDistributionExpenses
1069 Sales and marketing expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:EmployeeBenefitsExpenseSalesAndMarketingExpenses
1070 Administrative expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:EmployeeBenefitsExpenseAdministrativeExpenses
1071 Net finance cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:EmployeeBenefitsExpenseNetFinanceCosts
1072 Exceptional item Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:EmployeeBenefitsExpenseExceptionalItems
1073 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:EmployeeBenefitsExpense
1074 085 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Additional Information on Operating Expenses by Nature - Depreciation, Amortization and Impairment Expenses (Details) Network

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1075 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1076 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1077 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1078 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1079 Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and equipment, cost of sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DepreciationExpenseCostOfSales
1080 Amortization of intangible assets, cost of sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AmortisationExpenseCostOfSales
1081 Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and equipment, distribution expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DepreciationExpenseDistributionExpenses
1082 Amortization of intangible assets, distribution expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AmortisationExpenseDistributionExpenses
1083 Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and equipment, sales and marketing expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DepreciationExpenseSalesAndMarketingExpenses
1084 Amortization of intangible assets, sales and marketing expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AmortisationExpenseSalesAndMarketingExpenses
1085 Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and equipment, administrative expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DepreciationExpenseAdministrativeExpenses
1086 Amortization of intangible assets, administrative expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AmortisationExpenseAdministrativeExpenses
1087 Depreciation and impairment of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DepreciationExpense
1088 Amortization of intangible assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AmortisationExpense
1089 086 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Finance Cost and Income (Details Textual) Network

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1090 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1092 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1093 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1094 Net finance cost, realization of exchange value Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:NetFinanceCostRealizationOfExchangeValue
1095 Net finance cost, related to PERT 2017 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:NetFinanceCostRelatedToPERT2017
1096 087 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Finance Cost and Income - Finance Costs (Details) Network

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1099 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1100 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1101 Interest expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpense
1102 Capitalized borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:BorrowingCostsCapitalised
1103 Net Interest on pension plans Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:NetInterestOnPensionPlans
1104 Losses on hedging instruments and exclusive investment funds Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnHedgingInstrument
1105 Interest on provision for disputes and litigations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:InterestOnProvisionForContingencies
1106 Exchange variation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:NetForeignExchangeLoss
1107 Interest and foreign exchange rate on loans Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:InterestAndForeignExchangeRateLossOnLoans
1108 Financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AdjustmentInFairValueOfFinancialInstruments
1109 Tax on financial transactions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxExpenseIncomeAtApplicableTaxRate
1110 Bank guarantee expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:BankAndSimilarCharges
1111 Other financial results Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherFinanceCost
1112 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:FinanceCostsExcludingNonrecurringFinanceCosts
1113 Non-recurring finance cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:NonrecurringFinanceCosts
1114 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:FinanceCosts
1115 088 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Finance Cost and Income - Interest Expense (Details) Network

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1118 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1119 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1120 Financial instruments measured at amortized cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseOnFinancialLiabilitiesDesignatedAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
1121 Financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:InterestExpenseOnInstrumentsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
1122 Fair value hedge - hedged items Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:InterestExpenseFairValueHedgeOnHedgedItems
1123 Fair value hedge - hedging instruments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:InterestExpenseFairValueHedgeOnHedgingInstruments
1124 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpense
1125 089 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Finance Cost and Income - Finance Income (Details) Network

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1127 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1128 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1129 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1130 Interest income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromInterest
1131 Gains on derivative and exclusive investment funds Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainLossOnDesignationOfFinancialInstrumentAsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLossBecauseCreditDerivativeIsUsedToManageCreditRisk
1132 Financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:RevenueFromFinancialInstrumentsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
1133 Other financial results Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherFinanceIncome
1134 Finance income, before adoption of new accounting policies Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:FinanceIncomeBeforeAdoptionOfNewAccountingPolicies
1135 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:FinancialIncomeEffectOfAdoptionOfNewAccountingPolicies
1136 Finance income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncome
1137 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestIncomeOnCashAndCashEquivalents
1138 Investment securities held for trading Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestIncomeOnFinancialAssetsHeldForTrading
1139 Other receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestIncomeOnOtherFinancialAssets
1140 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromInterest
1141 090 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Income Tax and Social Contribution (Details Textual) Network

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1144 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
1145 CRBS S.A. [member] Member abev:CrbsSaMember
1146 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1147 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1148 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1149 Total tax expense (income) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1150 Tax expense (income), continuing operations, non-recurring, Federal Tax Amnesty Program Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperationsNonrecurringFedeeralTaxAmenstyProgram
1151 Tax expense (income), continuing operations, financial results, Federal Tax Amnesty Program Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperationsFinancialResultsFederalTaxAmnestyProgram
1152 091 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Income Tax and Social Contribution - Income Taxes Reported (Details) Network

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1153 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1155 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1156 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1157 Income tax expense - current Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxExpenseIncome
1158 Deferred tax expense on temporary differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncomeRelatingToOriginationAndReversalOfTemporaryDifferences
1159 Deferred tax over taxes losses carryforwards movements in the current period Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDeferredTaxExpense
1160 Total deferred tax (expense)/income Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncome
1161 Total income tax expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1162 092 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Income Tax and Social Contribution - Reconciliation From the Weighted Nominal to the Effective Tax Rate (Details) Network

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1163 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1164 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1165 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1166 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1167 Profit before tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AccountingProfit
1168 Adjustment on taxable basis Abstract abev:AdjustmentOnTaxableBasisAbstract
1169 Others non-taxable income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfRevenuesExemptFromTaxation2011
1170 Government grants related to sales taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:TaxEffectOfGovernmentGrantsRelatedToSalesTaxes
1171 Share of result of joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:TaxEffectFromSharingResultsOfJointVentures
1172 Non-deductible expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:TaxEffectOfExpenseNotDeductible
1173 Complement of income tax of foreign subsidiaries due in Brazil Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfForeignTaxRates
1174 Results of intercompany transactions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TaxEffectOfIntragroupTransactions
1175 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:NetAccountingProfit
1176 Aggregated weighted nominal tax rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ApplicableTaxRate
1177 Taxes payable – nominal rate Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxLiabilities
1178 Adjustment on tax expense Abstract abev:AdjustmentOnTaxExpenseAbstract
1179 Income tax Incentives Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TaxEffectOfRegionalIncentives
1180 Deductible interest on shareholders' equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TaxEffectOfDeductibleInterestOfShareholdersEquity
1181 Tax savings from goodwill amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfImpairmentOfGoodwill
1182 Withholding income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TaxEffectOfWithholdingTaxOverUndistributedProfits
1183 Recognition / write-off of deferred charges on tax losses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfTaxLosses
1184 PERT 2017 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TaxEffectOfTheFederalTaxAmnestyProgram
1185 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TaxEffectOfAdoptionOfNewAccountingPolicy
1186 Others with reduced taxation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherTaxEffectsForReconciliationBetweenAccountingProfitAndTaxExpenseIncome
1187 Income tax and social contribution expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1188 Effective tax rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:AverageEffectiveTaxRate
1189 093 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Property, Plant and Equipment - Reconciliation of Changes in Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) Network

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1190 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1192 Carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:CarryingAmountMember
1193 Gross carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:GrossCarryingAmountMember
1194 Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment [member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentMember
1195 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
1196 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1197 Land and buildings [member] Member ifrs-full:LandAndBuildingsMember
1198 Plant and equipment [member] Member abev:PlantAndEquipmentMember
1199 Fixtures and fittings [member] Member ifrs-full:FixturesAndFittingsMember
1200 Construction in progress [member] Member ifrs-full:ConstructionInProgressMember
1201 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1202 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1203 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1204 Property, plant and equipment, beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1205 Effect of movements in foreign exchange Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughNetExchangeDifferencesPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1206 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentEffectOfAccountingPolicy
1207 Acquisition through exchange transaction of shareholdings Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:AcquisitionsThroughStockExchangePropertyPlantAndEquipment
1208 Acquisitions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1209 Disposals and write-off Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DisposalsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1210 Transfer to other asset categories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1211 Others Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughOtherChangesPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1212 Property, plant and equipment, final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1213 Property, plant and equipment, beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1214 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentEffectOfAccountingPolicy
1215 Depreciation Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DepreciationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1216 Impairment losses Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1217 Disposals and write-off Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DisposalsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1218 Property, plant and equipment, final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1219 Property, plant and equipment, final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1220 Business combinations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionsThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1221 094 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Goodwill (Details Textual) Network

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1223 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1224 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1225 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1226 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1227 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1228 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1229 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1230 Goodwill percentage of total assets Concept (Percent) As Of abev:GoodwillPercentageOfTotalAssets
1231 Growth rate Concept (Percent) For Period abev:GrowthRate
1232 095 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Goodwill - Changes in the Period (Details) Network

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1233 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1234 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1235 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1236 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1237 Goodwill balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
1238 Effect of movements in foreign exchange Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughNetExchangeDifferencesGoodwill
1239 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:GoodwillAdjustmentAdoptionOfNewAccountingAdjustment
1240 Acquisition, (write-off) and disposal through business combinations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdditionalRecognitionGoodwill
1241 Goodwill balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
1242 096 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Goodwill - Carrying Amount of Goodwill Allocated to the Different Cash-generating Units (Details) Network

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1243 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1244 Individual assets or cash-generating units [axis] Axis ifrs-full:IndividualAssetsOrCashgeneratingUnitsAxis
1245 Entity's total for individual assets or cash-generating units [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForIndividualAssetsOrCashgeneratingUnitsMember
1246 North Latin America segment - Brazil, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:NorthLatinAmericaSegmentBrazilCashGeneratingUnitMember
1247 North Latin America segment - Dominican Republic, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:NorthLatinAmericaSegmentDominicanRepublicCashgeneratingUnitMember
1248 North Latin America segment - Cuba, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:NorthLatinAmericaSegmentCubaCashGeneratingUnitMember
1249 North Latin America segment - Panama, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:NorthLatinAmericaSegmentPanamaCashgeneratingUnitMember
1250 South Latin America segment - Argentina, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:SouthLatinAmericaSegmentArgentinaCashgeneratingUnitMember
1251 South Latin America segment - Bolivia, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:SouthLatinAmericaSegmentBoliviaCashgeneratingUnitMember
1252 South Latin America segment - Chile, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:SouthLatinAmericaSegmentChileCashgeneratingUnitMember
1253 South Latin America segment - Paraguay, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:SouthLatinAmericaSegmentParaguayCashgeneratingUnitMember
1254 South Latin America segment - Uruguay, cash-generating unit [member] Member abev:SouthLatinAmericaSegmentUruguayCashgeneratingUnitMember
1255 Cash-generating unit in Canada [member] Member abev:CashgeneratingUnitInCanadaMember
1256 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1257 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1258 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1259 Goodwill Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
1260 Goodwill, gross Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:GoodwillGross
1261 Goodwill, non-controlling transactions Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:NoncontrollingTransactionsGoodwill
1262 097 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Goodwill - Weighted Average Cost of Capital (Details) Network

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1263 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1264 Geographical [Axis] Axis srt:StatementGeographicalAxis
1265 Geographical [Domain] Member srt:SegmentGeographicalDomain
1266 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Member country:DO
1267 BRAZIL Member country:BR
1268 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1269 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1270 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1271 Weighted average cost of capital Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageCostOfCapitalSignificantUnobservableInputsAssets
1272 098 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Intangible (Details Textual) Network

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1273 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1274 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1275 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1276 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1277 Amortization period of intangible assets of definite useful life Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period abev:AmortisationPeriodOfIntangibleAssetsOfDefiniteUsefulLife
1278 Amortization rate of intangible assets of definite useful life Concept (Percent) For Period abev:AmortisationRateOfIntangibleAssetsOfDefiniteUsefulLife
1279 099 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Intangible - Reconciliation of Changes in Intangible Assets (Details) Network

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1280 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1281 Carrying amount, accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment and gross carrying amount [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CarryingAmountAccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentAndGrossCarryingAmountAxis
1282 Carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:CarryingAmountMember
1283 Gross carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:GrossCarryingAmountMember
1284 Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment [member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentMember
1285 Classes of intangible assets and goodwill [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfIntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillAxis
1286 Intangible assets and goodwill [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsAndGoodwillMember
1287 Brand names [member] Member ifrs-full:BrandNamesMember
1288 Distribution contracts [member] Member abev:DistributionContractsMember
1289 Computer software [member] Member ifrs-full:ComputerSoftwareMember
1290 Other intangible assets [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherIntangibleAssetsMember
1291 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1292 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1293 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1294 Intangible assets, beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1295 Effect of movements in foreign exchange Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughNetExchangeDifferencesIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1296 Acquisitions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1297 Disposal Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DisposalsIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1298 Acquisitions through business combination Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionsThroughBusinessCombinationsIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1299 Disposals through exchange transaction of shareholdings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:DisposalsThroughStockExchangeIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1300 Transfers to other assets categories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1301 Intangible assets, final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1302 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwillAdjustmentDueToAdoptionOfAccountingPronouncement
1303 Amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:AmortisationIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1304 Others Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughOtherChangesIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
1305 100 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Intangible - Intangible Assets by Location (Details) Network

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1306 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1307 Intangible assets with indefinite useful life [axis] Axis ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsWithIndefiniteUsefulLifeAxis
1308 Intangible assets with indefinite useful life [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsWithIndefiniteUsefulLifeMember
1309 Intangible assets in Argentina [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInArgentinaMember
1310 Intangible assets in Bolivia [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInBoliviaMember
1311 Intangible assets in Brazil [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInBrazilMember
1312 Intangible assets in Canada [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInCanadaMember
1313 Intangible assets in Chile [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInChileMember
1314 Intangible assets in Luxembourg [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInLuxembourgMember
1315 Intangible assets in Paraguay [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInParaguayMember
1316 Intangible assets in the Dominican Republic [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInTheDominicanRepublicMember
1317 Intangible assets in Uruaguay [member] Member abev:IntangibleAssetsInUruaguayMember
1318 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1319 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1320 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1321 Intangible assets with indefinite useful life Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsWithIndefiniteUsefulLife
1322 101 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Investment Securities - Portions of Investment Securities (Details) Network

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1323 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1324 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1325 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1326 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1327 Debt held-to-maturity (i) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DebtInstrumentsHeld
1328 Non-current investments securities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentHeldtomaturityInvestments
1329 Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss-held for trading Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentFinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLossClassifiedAsHeldForTrading
1330 Current investments securities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentInvestments
1331 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:InvestmentSecurities
1332 102 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution (Details Textual) Network

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1333 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1334 Geographical areas [axis] Axis ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasAxis
1335 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
1336 BRAZIL Member country:BR
1337 ARGENTINA Member country:AR
1338 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1339 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1340 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1341 Deferred taxes rate Concept (Percent) For Period abev:DeferredTaxesRate
1342 Social contribution rate Concept (Percent) For Period abev:SocialContributionRate
1343 Applicable tax rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ApplicableTaxRate
1344 Applicable tax rate, first two years after legislation changes Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ApplicableTaxRateFirstTwoYearsAfterLegislationChanges
1345 Applicable tax rate, later than two years after legislation changes Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ApplicableTaxRateLaterThanTwoYearsAfterLegislationChanges
1346 Tax credit related to tax losses Concept (Monetary) As Of abev:TaxCreditRelatedToTaxLosses
1347 Tax loses carried forward in relation to credit Concept (Monetary) As Of abev:TaxLossesCarriedForwardInRelationToCredit
1348 103 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution - Applied Rates (Details) Network

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1349 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1350 Geographical [Axis] Axis srt:StatementGeographicalAxis
1351 Geographical [Domain] Member srt:SegmentGeographicalDomain
1352 Central America and the Caribbean [member] Member abev:CentralAmericaAndTheCaribbeanMember
1353 Latin America [Member] Member srt:LatinAmericaMember
1354 CANADA Member country:CA
1355 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1356 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1357 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1358 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1359 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1360 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1361 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1362 Applied rates Concept (Percent) For Period abev:TaxRateEffectOfTaxLossesAndSocialContributions
1363 104 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution by Type of Temporary Difference (Details) Network

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1365 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1366 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1367 Temporary differences, investment securities [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesInvestmentSecuritiesMember
1368 Temporary differences, intangible assets [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesIntangibleAssetsMember
1369 Temporary differences, employee benefits [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesEmployeeBenefitsMember
1370 Temporary differences, trade payables [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesTradePayablesMember
1371 Temporary differences, trade receivable [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesTradeReceivableMember
1372 Temporary differences, derivatives [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesDerivativesMember
1373 Temporary differences, interest-bearing loans and borrowings [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesInterestbearingLoansAndBorrowingsMember
1374 Temporary differences, inventories [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesInventoriesMember
1375 Temporary differences, property, plant and equipment [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1376 Temporary differences, withholding tax over undistributed profits and royalties [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesWithholdingTaxOverUndistributedProfitsAndRoyaltiesMember
1377 Temporary differences, investments in joint ventures [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesInvestmentsInJointVenturesMember
1378 Unused tax losses [member] Member ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesMember
1379 Temporary differences, provisions [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesProvisionsMember
1380 Temporary differences, other items [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesOtherItemsMember
1381 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1382 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1383 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1384 Gross deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
1385 Gross deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
1386 Net deferred tax assets / (liabilities) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1387 Netting by taxable entity, deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncomeRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
1388 Netting by taxable entity, deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncomeRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
1389 Net deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxAssets
1390 Net deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxLiabilities
1391 105 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution - Deferred Taxes Not Related to Tax Losses (Details) Network

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1392 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1393 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1394 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1395 Temporary differences, investment securities [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesInvestmentSecuritiesMember
1396 Temporary differences, intangible assets [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesIntangibleAssetsMember
1397 Temporary differences, employee benefits [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesEmployeeBenefitsMember
1398 Temporary differences, trade payables [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesTradePayablesMember
1399 Temporary differences, trade receivable [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesTradeReceivableMember
1400 Temporary differences, derivatives [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesDerivativesMember
1401 Temporary differences, interest-bearing loans and borrowings [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesInterestbearingLoansAndBorrowingsMember
1402 Temporary differences, inventories [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesInventoriesMember
1403 Temporary differences, property, plant and equipment [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1404 Temporary differences, withholding tax over undistributed profits and royalties [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesWithholdingTaxOverUndistributedProfitsAndRoyaltiesMember
1405 Temporary differences, investments in joint ventures [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesInvestmentsInJointVenturesMember
1406 Temporary differences, provisions [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesProvisionsMember
1407 Temporary differences, other items [member] Member abev:TemporaryDifferencesOtherItemsMember
1408 Deferred taxes not related to tax losses [member] Member abev:DeferredTaxesNotRelatedToTaxLossesMember
1409 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1410 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1411 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1412 Later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearMember
1413 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1414 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1415 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1416 Net deferred tax assets / (liabilities) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1417 106 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution - Deferred Tax Related to Tax Losses (Details) Network

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1418 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1419 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1420 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1421 Unused tax losses [member] Member ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesMember
1422 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1423 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1424 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1425 Later than one year and not later than two years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanTwoYearsMember
1426 Later than two years and not later than three years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoYearsAndNotLaterThanThreeYearsMember
1427 Later than three years and not later than four years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanThreeYearsAndNotLaterThanFourYearsMember
1428 Later than four years and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFourYearsAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1429 Later than five years and not later than seven years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsAndNotLaterThanSevenYearsMember
1430 Later than seven years and not later than ten years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanSevenYearsAndNotLaterThanTenYearsMember
1431 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1432 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1433 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1434 Deferred Tax Related to Tax Losses Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1435 107 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution - Net Change in Deferred Income Tax and Social Contribution (Details) Network

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1436 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1437 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1438 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1439 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1440 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1441 Full recognition of actuarial gains/(losses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToChangesInRevaluationSurplusOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
1442 Investment hedge in foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToHedgesOfInvestmentsInEquityInstrumentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
1443 Investment hedge - put option of a subsidiary interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:IncomeTaxRelatingToHedgesOfInvestmentsRegardingPutOptionsOfASubsidiaryInterestInEquityInstrumentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
1444 Cash flow hedge - gains/(losses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToCashFlowHedgesOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
1445 Gains/(losses) on translation of other foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
1446 Recognized in other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
1447 Recognized in income statement Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncome
1448 Changes directly in balance sheet Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TotalChangesRelatedToDeferredIncomeTaxAndSocialContributionsAffectingTheBalanceSheet
1449 Recognized in deferred tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DirectChangesToDeferredTaxAndLiabilitiesInTheBalanceSheet
1450 Recognized in other group of balance sheet Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:ChangesRelatedToDeferredTaxRecognizedInOtherInTheBalanceSheet
1451 Final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1452 108 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Inventories (Details Textual) Network

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1453 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1454 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1455 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1456 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1457 Net write-downs (reversals of write-downs) of inventories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:WritedownsReversalsOfInventories
1458 109 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Inventories - Schedule of Inventory (Details) Network

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1459 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1460 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1461 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1462 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1463 Finished goods Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinishedGoods
1464 Work in progress Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:WorkInProgress
1465 Raw material Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:RawMaterials
1466 Consumables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentMaterialsAndSuppliesToBeConsumedInProductionProcessOrRenderingServices
1467 Spare parts and other Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:SpareParts
1468 Prepayments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentPrepayments
1469 Impairment losses Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:InventoriesImpairmentLosses
1470 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
1471 110 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Trade Receivables (Details Textual) Network

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1472 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1473 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1474 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1475 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1476 Impairment loss recognised in profit or loss, trade receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossTradeReceivables
1477 111 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Trade Receivables - Current Trade Receivables (Details) Network

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1478 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1479 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1480 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1481 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1482 Trade receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1483 Bad debt provision Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:BadDebtProvisions
1484 Net, trade receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CurrentTradeReceivablesNetOfBadDebtProvisions
1485 Related parties (Note 33) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivablesDueFromRelatedParties
1486 Total current trade receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
1487 112 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Trade Receivables - Aging of Our Current Trade Receivables (Details) Network

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1488 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1489 Past due status [axis] Axis ifrs-full:PastDueStatusAxis
1490 Past due status [member] Member ifrs-full:PastDueStatusMember
1491 Current [member] Member ifrs-full:CurrentMember
1492 Less than one month [member] Member abev:LessThanOneMonthMember
1493 Later than one month and not later than two months [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneMonthAndNotLaterThanTwoMonthsMember
1494 Later than two months and not later than three months [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoMonthsAndNotLaterThanThreeMonthsMember
1495 Later than three months and less than six months [member] Member abev:LaterThanThreeMonthsAndLessThanSixMonthsMember
1496 Later than six months and less than 12 months [member] Member abev:LaterThanSixMonthsAndLessThan12MonthsMember
1497 Later than a year [member] Member abev:LaterThanAYearMember
1498 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1499 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1500 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1501 Trade receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTradeReceivables
1502 Bad debt provision Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:BadDebtProvisions
1503 Net, trade receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CurrentTradeReceivablesNetOfBadDebtProvisions
1504 113 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details Textual) Network

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1505 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1506 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1507 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1508 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1509 Short-term deposits, guarantee deposits Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:ShorttermDepositsGuaranteeDeposits
1510 114 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Cash and Cash Equivalents - Components of Cash and Cash Equivalents (Details) Network

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1511 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1513 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1514 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1515 Short term bank deposits (i) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ShorttermDepositsClassifiedAsCashEquivalents
1516 Current bank accounts Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:BalancesWithBanks
1517 Cash Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashOnHand
1518 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
1519 Bank overdrafts Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:BankOverdraftsClassifiedAsCashEquivalents
1520 Cash and cash equivalents less bank overdraft Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CashAndCashEquivalentsAfterBankOverdrafts
1521 115 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity (Details Textual) Network

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1522 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1523 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1524 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1525 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1526 Geographical areas [axis] Axis ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasAxis
1527 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
1528 Country of domicile [member] Member ifrs-full:CountryOfDomicileMember
1529 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
1530 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1531 Net income reserves, investment reserve [member] Member abev:NetIncomeReservesInvestmentReserveMember
1532 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
1533 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
1534 Tenedor shareholders agreement [member] Member abev:TenedorShareholdersAgreementMember
1535 E. León Jimenes S.A. [member] Member abev:ELenJimenesSaMember
1536 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetAxis
1537 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [member] Member ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetMember
1538 Ambev Private Pension Institute of the defined benefits plan [member] Member abev:AmbevPrivatePensionInstituteOfTheDefinedBenefitsPlanMember
1539 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
1540 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
1541 Cervecería Nacional Dominicana S.A. [member] Member abev:CerveceraNacionalDominicanaSaMember
1542 Sucos do Bem [member] Member abev:SucosDoBemMember
1543 Types of share-based payment arrangements [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
1544 Share-based payment arrangements [member] Member ifrs-full:SharebasedPaymentArrangementsMember
1545 Partial exercise of put option for further ownership of subsidiary [member] Member abev:PartialExerciseOfPutOptionForFurtherOwnershipOfSubsidiaryMember
1546 Classes of financial liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis
1547 Financial liabilities, class [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesMember
1548 Put options [member] Member abev:PutOptionsMember
1549 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1550 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1551 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1552 Adjustments for share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForSharebasedPayments
1553 Investment reserve limit percentage of net income Concept (Percent) For Period abev:InvestmentReserveLimitPercentageOfNetIncome
1554 Statutory reserve limit percentage of net income Concept (Percent) For Period abev:StatutoryReserveLimitPercentageOfNetIncome
1555 Statutory reserve limit of capital stock Concept (Percent) For Period abev:StatutoryReserveLimitOfCapitalStock
1556 Statutory reserve supplementation cutoff percentage related to capital stock Concept (Percent) For Period abev:StatutoryReserveSupplementationCutoffPercentageRelatedToCapitalStock
1557 Minimum mandatory dividend Concept (Percent) For Period abev:MinimumMandatoryDividend
1558 Interest on shareholder's equity, distributions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:InterestOnShareholdersEquityDistributions
1559 Increase (decrease) through transactions with owners, equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransactionsWithOwners
1560 Other comprehensive income, net of tax, gains (losses) on revaluation Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxGainsLossesOnRevaluation
1561 Percentage approximate of put option partially exercised, related to capital stock Concept (Percent) For Period abev:PercentageApproximateOfPutOptionPartiallyExercisedRelatedToCapitalStock
1562 Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInSubsidiary
1563 Total financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilities
1564 116 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Capital Stock (Details) Network

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1565 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1566 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
1567 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1568 Issued capital [member] Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
1569 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1570 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1571 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1572 Beginning balance, common shares (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of abev:EquitySharesOutstanding
1573 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
1574 Share issued, common shares (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period abev:IssueOfEquityShares
1575 Share issued, amount Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
1576 Final balance, common shares (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of abev:EquitySharesOutstanding
1577 Final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
1578 117 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Capital Reserves (Details) Network

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1579 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1580 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
1581 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1582 Treasury shares [member] Member ifrs-full:TreasurySharesMember
1583 Share premium [member] Member ifrs-full:SharePremiumMember
1584 Other reserves [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherReservesMember
1585 Reserve of share-based payments [member] Member ifrs-full:ReserveOfSharebasedPaymentsMember
1586 Capital reserve [member] Member ifrs-full:CapitalReserveMember
1587 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1588 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1589 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1590 Beginning balance, capital reserves Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CapitalReserve
1591 Purchase of shares and result on treasury shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTreasuryShareTransactionsCapitalReserve
1592 Share-based payments, capital reserve Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactionsCapitalReserve
1593 Capital Increase Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughEquityIncrease
1594 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) (i) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughAdoptionOfNewAccountingPronouncement
1595 Final balance, capital reserves Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CapitalReserve
1596 118 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Treasury Shares (Details) Network

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1597 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1598 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1599 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1600 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1601 Balance, treasury shares acquired/realized (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of abev:TreasurySharesAcquiredrealizedOutstanding
1602 Balance, treasury shares acquired/realized, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:TreasurySharesAcquiredrealizedOutstandingAmount
1603 Balance, treasury shares (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of abev:TreasurySharesHeld
1604 Balance, treasury shares, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TreasuryShares
1605 Changes during the year, treasury shares acquired/realized (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period abev:TreasurySharesAcquiredRealizedDuringThePeriod
1606 Changes during the year, treasury shares acquired/realized, amount Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TreasurySharesAcquiredrealizedDuringThePeriodAmount
1607 Changes during the year, treasury shares (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period abev:TreasurySharesChangeDuringThePeriod
1608 Changes during the year, treasury shares, amount Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TreasurySharesChangeDuringThePeriodValue
1609 Balance, treasury shares acquired/realized (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of abev:TreasurySharesAcquiredrealizedOutstanding
1610 Balance, treasury shares acquired/realized, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:TreasurySharesAcquiredrealizedOutstandingAmount
1611 Balance, treasury shares (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of abev:TreasurySharesHeld
1612 Balance, treasury shares, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TreasuryShares
1613 119 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Net Income Reserves (Details) Network

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1614 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1616 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1617 Net income reserves, investment reserve [member] Member abev:NetIncomeReservesInvestmentReserveMember
1618 Net income reserves, statutory reserve [member] Member abev:NetIncomeReservesStatutoryReserveMember
1619 Net income reserves, fiscal incentive [member] Member abev:NetIncomeReservesFiscalIncentiveMember
1620 Net income reserves, interest on capital and dividends proposed [member] Member abev:NetIncomeReservesInterestOnCapitalAndDividendsProposedMember
1621 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1622 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1623 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1624 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
1625 Interest on shareholder´s equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangeInShareholdersEquityEquity
1626 Fiscal incentive reserve Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseInFiscalIncentiveReserve
1627 Investments reserve Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseInvestmentsReserve
1628 Final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
1629 120 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Interest on Shareholders' Equity/Dividends (Details) Network

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1630 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1631 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1632 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1633 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1634 Amount per share, dividends (in BRL per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DividendsPaidOrdinarySharesPerShare
1635 Total amount of dividends Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsPaidOrdinaryShares
1636 Amount per share, interest on shareholder´s equity (in BRL per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DividendsRecognisedAsDistributionsToOwnersPerShare
1637 Total amount of interest on shareholder´s equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsPaid
1638 Total amount of dividends and interest on shareholder´s equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TotalDividendsPaid
1639 121 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Carrying Value Adjustments (Details) Network

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1641 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
1642 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1643 Carrying value adjustments, translation reserves [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsTranslationReservesMember
1644 Carrying value adjustments, cash flow hedge [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsCashFlowHedgeMember
1645 Carrying value adjustments, actuarial gains/losses [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsActuarialGainslossesMember
1646 Carrying value adjustments, put option granted on subsidiary [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsPutOptionGrantedOnSubsidiaryMember
1647 Carrying value adjustments, gains/ of non-controlling interest´s share [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsGainsOfNoncontrollingInterestsShareMember
1648 Carrying value adjustments, business combination [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsBusinessCombinationMember
1649 Carrying value adjustments, accounting adjustments for transactions between shareholders [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsAccountingAdjustmentsForTransactionsBetweenShareholdersMember
1650 Carrying value adjustments [member] Member abev:CarryingValueAdjustmentsMember
1651 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1652 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1653 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1654 Beginning balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
1655 Gains/(losses) on translation of foreign operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
1656 Cash flow hedges Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxCashFlowHedges
1657 Actuarial gains/(losses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxGainsLossesOnRevaluation
1658 Total comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
1659 Options granted on subsidiary Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughPutOpionsGrantedOnSubsidiaryEquity
1660 Gains/(losses) of controlling interest´s share (ii) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransactionsWithOwners
1661 Tax on fictitious dividends Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DecreaseIncreaseThroughTaxOnFictitiousDividendsEquity
1662 Reversal effect revaluation of property, plant and equipment under the predecessor basis accounting Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ReversalEffectRevaluationOfFixedAssetsUnderThePredecessorBasisAccounting
1663 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) (i) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughAdoptionOfNewAccountingPronouncement
1664 Final balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
1665 122 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Diluted Earnings (Details) Network

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1666 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1667 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1668 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1669 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1670 Issued shares at December 31, net of treasury shares (i) (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageShares
1671 Effect of shares options (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:DilutiveEffectOfShareOptionsOnNumberOfOrdinaryShares
1672 Weighted average number of shares (diluted) at December 31 (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:AdjustedWeightedAverageShares
1673 123 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Calculation of Earnings Per Share (Details) Network

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1675 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1676 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1677 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1678 Income attributable to equity holders of Ambev Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOrdinaryEquityHoldersOfParentEntity
1679 Issued shares at December 31, net of treasury shares (i) (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageShares
1680 Basic earnings per share – common - R$ (in BRL per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShare
1681 Weighted average numbers of shares (diluted) (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:AdjustedWeightedAverageShares
1682 Diluted earnings per share – common - R$ (in BRL per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare
1683 124 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Changes in Equity - Basis for Dividends (Details) Network

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1684 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1685 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
1686 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1687 Retained earnings [member] Member ifrs-full:RetainedEarningsMember
1688 Net income reserves [member] Member abev:NetIncomeReservesMember
1689 Net income reserves, investment reserve [member] Member abev:NetIncomeReservesInvestmentReserveMember
1690 New IFRSs [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NewIFRSsAxis
1691 New IFRSs [member] Member ifrs-full:NewIFRSsMember
1692 IFRS 15 revenue from contracts with customers [member] Member abev:Ifrs15RevenueFromContractsWithCustomersMember
1693 IAS 29 [member] Member abev:IAS29Member
1694 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1695 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1696 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1697 Net income, attributable to equity holders of Ambev Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOwnersOfParent
1698 Prescribed/(complement) dividends Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:PrescribedDividends
1699 Reversal effect revaluation of property, plant and equipment under the predecessor basis accounting Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ReversalEffectRevaluationOfFixedAssetsUnderThePredecessorBasisAccounting
1700 Impact of the adoption Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughAdoptionOfNewAccountingPronouncement
1701 Retained earnings basis for dividends and destinations to Net income reserves Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:RetainedEarningsBasisForDividendsAndDestinations
1702 Dividends and Interest on capital paid based on profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DividendsAndInterestOnCapitalPaidBasedOnProfit
1703 Dividends approved for distribution Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:IncreaseInInterestOnCapitalApprovedForDistribution
1704 Total of dividends and Interest on capital Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TotalOfDividendsAndInterestOnCapital
1705 Percentage of distributed profit Concept (Percent) For Period abev:DividendPercentageOfNetIncome
1706 Interest on capital paid based on the investment reserve Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:DividendsAndInterestPaidOnShareholdersEquity
1707 Total of Interest on capital Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangeInShareholdersEquityEquity
1708 Total of distributed and accrued to distribute Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:TotalDividendsPaid
1709 125 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Interest-Bearing Loans and Borrowings - Liabilities (Details) Network

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1711 Classes of liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfLiabilitiesAxis
1712 Liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:LiabilitiesMember
1713 Secured bank loans [member] Member abev:SecuredBankLoansMember
1714 Unsecured bank loans [member] Member abev:UnsecuredBankLoansMember
1715 Debentures and unsecured bond issues [member] Member abev:DebenturesAndUnsecuredBondIssuesMember
1716 Other unsecured loans [member] Member abev:OtherUnsecuredLoansMember
1717 Financial leasing [member] Member abev:FinancialLeasingMember
1718 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1719 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1720 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1721 Balance, non-current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
1722 Balance, current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowings
1723 126 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Interest-Bearing Loans and Borrowings - Debt Interest Rates (Details) Network

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1724 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1725 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1726 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1727 Weighted average [member] Member ifrs-full:WeightedAverageMember
1728 Borrowings by name [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
1729 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
1730 Debt denominated in USD [member] Member abev:DebtDenominatedInUSDMember
1731 Debt denominated in CAD dollars [member] Member abev:DebtDenominatedInCADDollarsMember
1732 Debt denominated in other Latin American currencies [member] Member abev:DebtDenominatedInOtherLatinAmericanCurrenciesMember
1733 Reais debt [member] Member abev:ReaisDebtMember
1734 Reais debt related to ICMS [member] Member abev:ReaisDebtRelatedToICMSMember
1735 Types of interest rates [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfInterestRatesAxis
1736 Interest rate types [member] Member ifrs-full:InterestRateTypesMember
1737 Fixed interest rate [member] Member ifrs-full:FixedInterestRateMember
1738 Floating interest rate [member] Member ifrs-full:FloatingInterestRateMember
1739 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1740 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1741 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1742 Average rate percentage Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRate
1743 Balance, current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowings
1744 Balance, non-current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
1745 127 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Interest-Bearing Loans and Borrowings - Terms and Debt Repayment Schedule (Details) Network

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1746 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1747 Classes of liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfLiabilitiesAxis
1748 Liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:LiabilitiesMember
1749 Secured bank loans [member] Member abev:SecuredBankLoansMember
1750 Unsecured bank loans [member] Member abev:UnsecuredBankLoansMember
1751 Debentures and unsecured bond issues [member] Member abev:DebenturesAndUnsecuredBondIssuesMember
1752 Other unsecured loans [member] Member abev:OtherUnsecuredLoansMember
1753 Finance lease liabilities [member] Member abev:FinanceLeaseLiabilitiesMember
1754 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1755 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1756 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1757 Later than one year and not later than two years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanTwoYearsMember
1758 Later than two years and not later than three years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoYearsAndNotLaterThanThreeYearsMember
1759 Later than three years and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanThreeYearsAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1760 Later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
1761 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1762 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1763 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1764 Borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
1765 128 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Interest-bearing Loans and Borrowings - Reconciliation of Liabilities (Details) Network

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1766 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1767 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1768 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1769 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1770 Balance, current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowings
1771 Balance, non-current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
1772 Proceeds, current Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromCurrentBorrowings
1773 Proceeds, non-current Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromNoncurrentBorrowings
1774 Payments, current Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfCurrentBorrowings
1775 Payments, non-current Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfNoncurrentBorrowings
1776 Foreign exchange, current Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ForeignExchangeEffectOnCurrentBorrowings
1777 Foreign exchange, non-current Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ForeignExchangeEffectOnNoncurrentBorrowings
1778 Transfer between current and non-current, current Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:TransferBetweenCurrentAndNoncurrentCurrent
1779 Transfer between current and non-current, non-current Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:TransferBetweenCurrentAndNoncurrentNoncurrent
1780 Other movements, current Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:OtherMovementsCurrent
1781 Other movements, non-current Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:OtherMovementsNoncurrent
1782 129 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits (Details Textual) Network

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1783 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1784 Defined benefit plans [axis] Axis ifrs-full:DefinedBenefitPlansAxis
1785 Defined benefit plans [member] Member ifrs-full:DefinedBenefitPlansMember
1786 Two health care plans from Fundacao Zerrenner [member] Member abev:TwoHealthCarePlansFromFundacaoZerrennerMember
1787 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1788 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1789 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1790 Post-employment benefit expense, defined contribution plans Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PostemploymentBenefitExpenseDefinedContributionPlans
1791 Defined benefit obligation, at present value Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DefinedBenefitObligationAtPresentValue
1792 Return on plan assets, net defined benefit liability (asset) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReturnOnPlanAssetsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1793 Amount up to the asset ceiling not exceeding the present value of future benefits in a defined benefit plan Concept (Monetary) As Of abev:AmountUpToTheAssetCeilingNotExceedingThePresentValueOfFutureBenefitsInADefinedBenefitPlan
1794 Estimate of contributions expected to be paid to plan for next annual reporting period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:EstimateOfContributionsExpectedToBePaidToPlan
1795 130 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Net Liability for Defined Benefit Plans (Details) Network

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1796 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1797 Classes of liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfLiabilitiesAxis
1798 Liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:LiabilitiesMember
1799 Employee benefit liabilities [member] Member abev:EmployeeBenefitLiabilitiesMember
1800 Classes of assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfAssetsAxis
1801 Assets [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfAssetsMember
1802 Employee benefits assets [member] Member abev:EmployeeBenefitsAssetsMember
1803 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1804 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1805 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1806 Present value of funded obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:DefinedBenefitObligationFundedPortionAtPresentValue
1807 Fair value of plan assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PlanAssetsAtFairValue
1808 Present value of net funded obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:SurplusDeficitInPlan
1809 Present value of unfunded obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:DefinedBenefitObligationUnfundedPortionAtPresentValue
1810 Present value of net obligations, net Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DefinedBenefitObligationAtPresentValue
1811 Asset ceiling Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:AssetCeiling
1812 Net liability Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RecognisedLiabilitiesDefinedBenefitPlan
1813 Other long term employee benefits Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:OtherLongTermEmployeeBenefitLiabilities
1814 Total employee benefits Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1815 131 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Defined Benefit Obligation (Details) Network

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1816 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1817 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetAxis
1818 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [member] Member ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetMember
1819 Present value of defined benefit obligation [member] Member ifrs-full:PresentValueOfDefinedBenefitObligationMember
1820 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1821 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1822 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1823 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1824 Acquisitions through exchange transaction of shareholdings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:AcquisitionsThroughStockExchangeNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1825 Service cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CurrentServiceCostNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1826 Interest cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseIncomeNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1827 Gains and (losses) on settlements or reductions in benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:GainsLossesArisingFromSettlementsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1828 Contributions by plan participants Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ContributionsToPlanByPlanParticipantsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1829 Actuarial gains and (losses) - geographical assumptions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ActuarialGainsLossesArisingFromChangesInDemographicAssumptionsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1830 Actuarial gains and (losses) - financial assumptions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ActuarialGainsLossesArisingFromChangesInFinancialAssumptionsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1831 Experience adjustment Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ActuarialGainsLossesArisingFromExperienceAdjustmentsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1832 Reclassifications Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:ReclassificationNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1833 Effect of exchange rate fluctuations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangesInForeignExchangeRatesNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1834 Benefits paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PaymentsFromPlanNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1835 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1836 132 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Plan Assets (Details) Network

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1837 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1838 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetAxis
1839 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [member] Member ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetMember
1840 Plan assets [member] Member ifrs-full:PlanAssetsMember
1841 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1842 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1843 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1844 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1845 Interest Income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseIncomeNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1846 Administrative costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:AdiministrativeCostsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1847 Expected Return excluding interest income Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReturnOnPlanAssetsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1848 Acquisition through business combination Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughBusinessCombinationsAndDisposalsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1849 Contributions by employer Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ContributionsToPlanByEmployerNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1850 Contributions by plan participants Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ContributionsToPlanByPlanParticipantsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1851 Exchange differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangesInForeignExchangeRatesNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1852 Curtailments, settlements and others Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:GainsLossesArisingFromSettlementsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1853 Benefits paid excluding costs of administration Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PaymentsFromPlanNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1854 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1855 133 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Asset Ceiling (Details) Network

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1856 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1857 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetAxis
1858 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [member] Member ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetMember
1859 Effect of asset ceiling [member] Member ifrs-full:EffectOfAssetCeilingMember
1860 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1861 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1862 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1863 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1864 Acquisitions through exchange transaction of shareholdings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:AcquisitionsThroughStockExchangeNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1865 Interest Income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseIncomeNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1866 Change in asset ceiling excluding amounts included in interest income/(expenses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:GainLossOnChangesInEffectOfLimitingNetDefinedBenefitAssetToAssetCeiling
1867 Exchange differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangesInForeignExchangeRatesNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1868 Others Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughOtherChangesNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1869 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilityAssetOfDefinedBenefitPlans
1870 134 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Defined Benefit Plans Recognized in the Income Statement (Details) Network

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1871 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1872 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1873 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1874 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1875 Service cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CurrentServiceCostNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1876 Administrative costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:AdiministrativeCostsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1877 (Gains) losses on settlements and curtailments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:GainsLossesArisingFromSettlementsNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1878 Income from operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInNetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAsset
1879 Financial cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:DefinedBenefitPlansRecognizedFinancialCosts
1880 Total expense for employee benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PostemploymentBenefitExpenseDefinedBenefitPlans
1881 135 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Employee Benefit Revenue/(Expenses) Allocation (Details) Network

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1882 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1883 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetAxis
1884 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [member] Member ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetMember
1885 Employee benefit revenue (expenses) allocated to cost of sales [member] Member abev:EmployeeBenefitRevenueexpensesAllocatedToCostOfSalesMember
1886 Employee benefit revenue (expenses) allocated to sales and marketing expenses [member] Member abev:EmployeeBenefitRevenueExpensesAllocatedToSalesAndMarketingExpensesMember
1887 Employee benefit revenue (expenses) allocated to administrative expenses [member] Member abev:EmployeeBenefitRevenueExpensesAllocatedToAdministrativeExpensesMember
1888 Employee benefit revenue (expenses) allocated to financial expenses [member] Member abev:EmployeeBenefitRevenueExpensesAllocatedToFinancialExpensesMember
1889 Employee benefit revenue (expenses) allocated to exceptional items [member] Member abev:EmployeeBenefitRevenueExpensesAllocatedToExceptionalItemsMember
1890 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1891 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1892 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1893 Employee Benefit Revenue/(Expenses) Allocation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:PostemploymentBenefitExpenseDefinedBenefitPlans
1894 136 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Actuarial Assumptions (Details) Network

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1895 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1896 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1897 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1898 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1899 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1900 Weighted average [member] Member ifrs-full:WeightedAverageMember
1901 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1902 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1903 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1904 Discount rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfDiscountRates
1905 Inflation Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfExpectedRatesOfInflation
1906 Future salary increases Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfExpectedRatesOfSalaryIncreases
1907 Future pension increases Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfExpectedRatesOfPensionIncreases
1908 Medical cost trend rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfMedicalCostTrendRates
1909 Dental claims trend rate Concept (Percent) As Of abev:ActuarialAssumptionOfDentalClaimsCostTrendRates
1910 Life expectation for an over 65 years old male Concept (Decimal) As Of abev:ActuarialAssumptionOfLifeExpectancyOfAMaleAfter65YearsOfAge
1911 Life expectation for an over 65 years old female Concept (Decimal) As Of abev:ActuarialAssumptionOfLifeExpectancyOfAFemaleAfter65YearsOfAge
1912 137 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Weighted Principal Assumptions (Details) Network

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1913 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1914 Actuarial assumptions [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionsAxis
1915 Actuarial assumptions [member] Member ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionsMember
1916 Actuarial assumption of medical cost trend rates [member] Member ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfMedicalCostTrendRatesMember
1917 Actuarial assumption of discount rates [member] Member ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfDiscountRatesMember
1918 Actuarial assumption of expected rates of salary increases [member] Member ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfExpectedRatesOfSalaryIncreasesMember
1919 Actuarial assumption of life expectancy after retirement [member] Member ifrs-full:ActuarialAssumptionOfLifeExpectancyAfterRetirementMember
1920 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1921 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1922 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1923 Change in assumption, percentage (Rate) Concept (Percent) As Of abev:PercentageOfReasonablyPossibleIncreaseDecreaseInActuarialAssumption
1924 Increase in assumption Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInDefinedBenefitObligationDueToReasonablyPossibleIncreaseInActuarialAssumption
1925 Decrease in assumption Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInDefinedBenefitObligationDueToReasonablyPossibleDecreaseInActuarialAssumption
1926 Change in assumption, year Concept (Decimal) As Of abev:AmountOfReasonablyPossibleIncreaseInActuarialAssumption
1927 138 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Employee Benefits - Plan Assets Components (Details) Network

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1928 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1929 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetAxis
1930 Net defined benefit liability (asset) [member] Member ifrs-full:NetDefinedBenefitLiabilityAssetMember
1931 Plan assets, government bonds [member] Member abev:PlanAssetsGovernmentBondsMember
1932 Plan assets, corporate bonds [member] Member abev:PlanAssetsCorporateBondsMember
1933 Plan assets, equity instruments [member] Member abev:PlanAssetsEquityInstrumentsMember
1934 Plan assets, cash [member] Member abev:PlanAssetsCashMember
1935 Plan assets, others [member] Member abev:PlanAssetsOthersMember
1936 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1937 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1938 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1939 Plan assets percentage, rated Concept (Percent) As Of abev:RatedPlanAssetsOfDefinedBenefitPlanComponentPercentage
1940 Plan assets percentage, unrated Concept (Percent) As Of abev:UnratedPlanAssetsOfDefinedBenefitPlanComponentPercentage
1941 Plan assets percentage Concept (Percent) As Of abev:PlanAssetsOfDefinedBenefitPlanComponentPercentage
1942 139 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Share-based Payments (Details Textual) Network

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1943 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1944 Types of share-based payment arrangements [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
1945 Share-based payment arrangements [member] Member ifrs-full:SharebasedPaymentArrangementsMember
1946 Grant one [member] Member abev:GrantOneMember
1947 Grant two [member] Member abev:GrantTwoMember
1948 Lot A [member] Member abev:LotAMember
1949 Lot B [member] Member abev:LotBMember
1950 Deferred stock units of Grant One [member] Member abev:DeferredStockUnitsOfGrantOneMember
1951 Restricted shares under the share-based plan [Member] Member abev:RestrictedSharesUnderTheSharebasedPlanMember
1952 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1953 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1954 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1955 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1956 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1957 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1958 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1959 Profit allocation, share-based payments, allocation option one Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ProfitAllocationSharebasedPaymentsAllocationOptionOne
1960 Profit allocation, share-based payments, allocation option two Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ProfitAllocationSharebasedPaymentsAllocationOptionTwo
1961 Profit allocation, share-based payments, allocation option three Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ProfitAllocationSharebasedPaymentsAllocationOptionThree
1962 Profit allocation, share-based payments, allocation option four Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ProfitAllocationSharebasedPaymentsAllocationOptionFour
1963 Profit allocation, share-based payments, allocation option five Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ProfitAllocationSharebasedPaymentsAllocationOptionFive
1964 Option life, share options granted Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfOptionLifeShareOptionsGranted
1965 Exercise prices of the outstanding options Concept (Monetary) As Of abev:ExercisePricesOfTheOutstandingOptions
1966 Weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding share options Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageRemainingContractualLifeOfOutstandingShareOptions
1967 Number of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at end of period Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
1968 Number of share options vested in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) For Period abev:NumberOfShareOptionsVestedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1969 Weighted average share price for share options in share-based payment arrangement exercised during period at date of exercise Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsInSharebasedPaymentArrangementExercisedDuringPeriodAtDateOfExercise
1970 Number of other new equity instruments introduced in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) For Period abev:NumberOfOtherNewEquityInstrumentsIntroducedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1971 Fair value of other equity instruments granted in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) For Period abev:FairValueOfOtherEquityInstrumentsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1972 Share-based payment arrangement, other equity instruments, grace period Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period abev:SharebasedPaymentArrangementOtherEquityInstrumentsGracePeriod
1973 Number of other equity instruments granted in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfInstrumentsOtherEquityInstrumentsGranted
1974 Expense from share-based payment transactions with employees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseFromSharebasedPaymentTransactionsWithEmployees
1975 140 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Share-based Payments - Weighted Average Fair Value of the Options and Assumptions (Details) Network

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1977 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1978 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1979 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1980 Fair value of options granted Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:WeightedAverageFairValueAtMeasurementDateShareOptionsGranted
1981 Share price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageSharePriceShareOptionsGranted
1982 Exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ExercisePriceShareOptionsGranted
1983 Expected volatility Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfExpectedVolatilityShareOptionsGranted
1984 Vesting year Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfOptionLifeShareOptionsGranted
1985 Expected dividends Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ExpectedDividendAsPercentageShareOptionsGranted
1986 Risk-free interest rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfRiskFreeInterestRateShareOptionsGranted
1987 141 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Share-based Payments - Outstanding Options (Details) Network

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1988 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1989 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1990 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1991 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
1992 Options outstanding at January 1st Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
1993 Options issued during the period Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1994 Options exercised during the period Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1995 Options forfeited during the period Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExpiredInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1996 Options outstanding at ended year Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
1997 142 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Share-based Payments - Weighted Average Exercise Price of Options (Details) Network

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1999 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2000 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2001 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2002 Options outstanding at January 1 st, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2003 Options issued during the period, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2004 Options forfeited during the period, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsForfeitedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2005 Options exercised during the period, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2006 Options outstanding at ended period, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2007 Options exercisable at ended period, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExercisableInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2008 143 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Share-based Payments - Deferred Shares (Details) Network

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2009 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2010 Types of share-based payment arrangements [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfSharebasedPaymentArrangementsAxis
2011 Share-based payment arrangements [member] Member ifrs-full:SharebasedPaymentArrangementsMember
2012 Deferred stock units of Grant One [member] Member abev:DeferredStockUnitsOfGrantOneMember
2013 Restricted shares [member] Member abev:RestrictedSharesMember
2014 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2015 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2016 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2017 Shares outstanding at January 1st Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOtherEquityInstrumentsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2018 New shares during the period Concept (Decimal) For Period abev:NumberOfOtherNewEquityInstrumentsIntroducedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2019 Shares granted during the period Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfInstrumentsOtherEquityInstrumentsGranted
2020 Shares forfeited during the period Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfOtherEquityInstrumentsForfeitedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2021 Shares outstanding at ended year Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOtherEquityInstrumentsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
2022 144 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Trade Payables - Components of Trade Payables (Details) Network

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2023 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2024 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2025 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2026 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2027 Trade payables, noncurrent Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentPayablesToTradeSuppliers
2028 Non-current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentPayables
2029 Trade payables, current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayablesToTradeSuppliers
2030 Related Parties, current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayablesToRelatedParties
2031 Current Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
2032 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherPayables
2033 145 - Disclosure - Note 26 - Provisions - Changes in Provisions (Details) Network

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2034 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2035 Classes of other provisions [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfProvisionsAxis
2036 Other provisions [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherProvisionsMember
2037 Restructuring provision [member] Member ifrs-full:RestructuringProvisionMember
2038 Provision for taxes other than income tax [member] Member ifrs-full:ProvisionForTaxesOtherThanIncomeTaxMember
2039 Provision for income tax [member] Member abev:ProvisionForIncomeTaxMember
2040 Provisions for labor [member] Member abev:ProvisionsForLaborMember
2041 Legal proceedings provision [member] Member ifrs-full:LegalProceedingsProvisionMember
2042 Miscellaneous other provisions [member] Member ifrs-full:MiscellaneousOtherProvisionsMember
2043 Total contingent provisions [member] Member abev:TotalContingentProvisionsMember
2044 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2045 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2046 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2047 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Provisions
2048 Effect of changes in foreign Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughNetExchangeDifferencesOtherProvisions
2049 Additions Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AdditionalProvisionsOtherProvisions
2050 Provisions used and reversed Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProvisionUsedOtherProvisions
2051 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Provisions
2052 146 - Disclosure - Note 26 - Provisions - Disbursement Expectative (Details) Network

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2053 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2054 Classes of other provisions [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfProvisionsAxis
2055 Other provisions [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherProvisionsMember
2056 Restructuring provision [member] Member ifrs-full:RestructuringProvisionMember
2057 Provision for taxes other than income tax [member] Member ifrs-full:ProvisionForTaxesOtherThanIncomeTaxMember
2058 Provision for income tax [member] Member abev:ProvisionForIncomeTaxMember
2059 Provisions for labor [member] Member abev:ProvisionsForLaborMember
2060 Legal proceedings provision [member] Member ifrs-full:LegalProceedingsProvisionMember
2061 Miscellaneous other provisions [member] Member ifrs-full:MiscellaneousOtherProvisionsMember
2062 Total contingent provisions [member] Member abev:TotalContingentProvisionsMember
2063 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
2064 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
2065 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
2066 Later than one year and not later than two years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanTwoYearsMember
2067 Later than two years and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoYearsAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
2068 Later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
2069 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2070 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2071 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2072 Provisions Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Provisions
2073 147 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks (Details Textual) Network

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2074 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2075 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
2076 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
2077 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
2078 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
2079 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
2080 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
2081 Equity price risk [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityPriceRiskMember
2082 Classes of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
2083 Financial assets, class [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsMember
2084 Equity swap transaction [member] Member abev:EquitySwapTransactionMember
2085 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2086 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2087 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2088 Value at risk exposure, probable Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ValueAtRiskExposureProbable
2089 Value at risk, duration Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period abev:ValueAtRiskDuration
2090 Value at risk, adverse scenario, deterioration percentage Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ValueAtRiskAdverseScenarioDeteriorationPercentage
2091 Value at risk, remote scenario, deterioration percentage Concept (Percent) For Period abev:ValueAtRiskRemoteScenarioDeteriorationPercentage
2092 Trigger clause percentage, credit risk Concept (Percent) For Period abev:TriggerClausePercentageCreditRisk
2093 Risk exposure associated with instruments sharing characteristic Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:RiskExposureAssociatedWithInstrumentsSharingCharacteristic
2094 Total gains (losses) on financial assets at fair value through profit or loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnFinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
2095 Guarantees held for derivative instruments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:GuaranteesHeldForDerivativeInstruments
2096 148 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks - Transactions Protected by Derivative Financial Instruments (Details) Network

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2097 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2098 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
2099 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
2100 Total cost exposure [member] Member abev:TotalCostExposureMember
2101 Commodity risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:CommodityRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2102 American dollar risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2103 Euro risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:EuroRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2104 Mexican Pesos risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:MexicanPesosRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2105 Total fixed asset exposure [member] Member abev:TotalFixedAssetExposureMember
2106 American Dollar risk portion of fixed assets exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfFixedAssetsExposureMember
2107 Euro risk portion of fixed assets exposure [member] Member abev:EuroRiskPortionOfFixedAssetsExposureMember
2108 Total expenses exposure [member] Member abev:TotalExpensesExposureMember
2109 American Dollar risk portion of the expenses exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfTheExpensesExposureMember
2110 Rupee risk portion of the expenses exposure [member] Member abev:RupeeRiskPortionOfTheExpensesExposureMember
2111 Total cash exposure [member] Member abev:TotalCashExposureMember
2112 American Dollar risk portion of the cash exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfTheCashExposureMember
2113 Interest rate risk portion of the cash exposure [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskPortionOfTheCashExposureMember
2114 Total debts exposure [member] Member abev:TotalDebtsExposureMember
2115 American Dollar risk portion of the debts exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfTheDebtsExposureMember
2116 Interest rate risk portion of the debts exposure [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskPortionOfTheDebtsExposureMember
2117 Total equity exposure [member] Member abev:TotalEquityExposureMember
2118 Stock exchange price risk portion of the equity instrument exposure [member] Member abev:StockExchangePriceRiskPortionOfTheEquityInstrumentExposureMember
2119 Total financial risk exposure [member] Member abev:TotalFinancialRiskExposureMember
2120 Total foreign investments exposure [member] Member abev:TotalForeignInvestmentsExposureMember
2121 American Dollar risk portion of the foreign investments exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfTheForeignInvestmentsExposureMember
2122 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2123 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2124 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2125 Risk Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:MaximumExposureToCreditRisk
2126 Notional Concept (Monetary) As Of invest:DerivativeNotionalAmount
2127 Fair Value Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:MaximumExposureToCreditRiskOfFinancialAssets
2128 Fair Value Liability Concept (Monetary) As Of abev:MaximumExposureToCreditRiskOfFinancialLiabilities
2129 Gain (loss) Finance Result Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:GainsLossesRecordedInFinancialResults
2130 Gain (loss) Operational Result Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:GainsLossesFromOperationalResults
2131 Gain (loss) Equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:GainsLossesRecordedInEquity
2132 149 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks - Interest Rate Hedging (Details) Network

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2133 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2134 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
2135 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
2136 Interest rate risk, Brazilian Real [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskBrazilianRealMember
2137 Interest rate risk, American Dollar [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskAmericanDollarMember
2138 Interest rate risk, Canadian Dollar [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskCanadianDollarMember
2139 Interest rate risk [member] Member ifrs-full:InterestRateRiskMember
2140 Interest rate risk, Barbadian Dollar [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskBarbadianDollarMember
2141 Interest rate risk, Dominican Peso [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskDominicanPesoMember
2142 Interest rate risk, working capital in Argentinean Peso [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskWorkingCapitalinArgentineanPesoMember
2143 Interest rate risk, Guatemala´s Quetzal [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskGuatemalasQuetzalMember
2144 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2145 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2146 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2147 Pre-hedge, post-fixed interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of abev:PostfixedInterestRatePrehedged
2148 Pre-hedge, post-fixed interest rate, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:PostfixedInterestPrehedgedValue
2149 Post-hedge, post-fixed interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of abev:PostfixedInterestRatePosthedged
2150 Post-hedge, post-fixed interest rate, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:PostfixedInterestPosthedgedValue
2151 Pre-hedge, pre-set interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of abev:PresetInterestRatePrehedged
2152 Pre-hedge, pre-set interest rate, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:PresetInterestPrehedgedValue
2153 Post-hedge, pre-set interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of abev:PresetInterestRatePosthedged
2154 Post-hedge, pre-set interest rate, amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:PresetInterestPosthedgedValue
2155 150 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks - Sensitivity Analysis of Financial Instruments (Details) Network

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2156 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2157 Types of hedges [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfHedgesAxis
2158 Hedges [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfHedgesMember
2159 Commodities hedge [member] Member abev:CommoditiesHedgeMember
2160 Foreign currency exchange hedge [member] Member abev:ForeignCurrencyExchangeHedgeMember
2161 Commodities and foreign exchange hedges [member] Member abev:CommoditiesAndForeignExchangeHedgesMember
2162 Interest hedge [member] Member abev:InterestHedgeMember
2163 Interest and foreign currency hedges [member] Member abev:InterestAndForeignCurrencyHedgesMember
2164 Equity instrument hedges [member] Member abev:EquityInstrumentHedgesMember
2165 Expenses [member] Member abev:ExpensesMember
2166 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
2167 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
2168 Commodity risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:CommodityRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2169 Input purchase affecting the commodity risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:InputPurchaseAffectingTheCommodityRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2170 Foreign exchange risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:ForeignExchangeRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2171 Input purchase that affects the foreign exchange risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:InputPurchaseThatAffectsTheForeignExchangeRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2172 Total cost exposure [member] Member abev:TotalCostExposureMember
2173 Foreign currency risk portion of fixed assets exposure [member] Member abev:ForeignCurrencyRiskPortionOfFixedAssetsExposureMember
2174 Capex Purchase affecting the foreign currency exchange risk portion of the fixed assets exposure [member] Member abev:CapexPurchaseAffectingTheForeignCurrencyExchangeRiskPortionOfTheFixedAssetsExposureMember
2175 Total fixed asset exposure [member] Member abev:TotalFixedAssetExposureMember
2176 Foreign currency exchange risk portion of expenses exposure [member] Member abev:ForeignCurrencyExchangeRiskPortionOfExpensesExposureMember
2177 Expenses that affect the foreign currency exchange risk portion of expenses exposure [member] Member abev:ExpensesThatAffectTheForeignCurrencyExchangeRiskPortionOfExpensesExposureMember
2178 Total expenses exposure [member] Member abev:TotalExpensesExposureMember
2179 Foreign currency exchange risk portion of cash exposure [member] Member abev:ForeignCurrencyExchangeRiskPortionOfCashExposureMember
2180 Cash transaction affecting the foreign currency exchange risk portion of cash exposure [member] Member abev:CashTransactionAffectingTheForeignCurrencyExchangeRiskPortionOfCashExposureMember
2181 Interest rate risk portion of the cash exposure [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskPortionOfTheCashExposureMember
2182 Interest revenue transaction affecting the interest rate risk portion of the cash exposure [member] Member abev:InterestRevenueTransactionAffectingTheInterestRateRiskPortionOfTheCashExposureMember
2183 Total cash exposure [member] Member abev:TotalCashExposureMember
2184 Cash transaction affecting the foreign currency exchange risk portion of debt exposure [member] Member abev:CashTransactionAffectingTheForeignCurrencyExchangeRiskPortionOfDebtExposureMember
2185 Interest rate risk portion of the debts exposure [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskPortionOfTheDebtsExposureMember
2186 Interest expenses affecting the interest rate portion of the debts exposure portion [member] Member abev:InterestExpensesAffectingTheInterestRatePortionOfTheDebtsExposurePortionMember
2187 Total debts exposure [member] Member abev:TotalDebtsExposureMember
2188 Stock exchange price risk portion of the equity instrument exposure [member] Member abev:StockExchangePriceRiskPortionOfTheEquityInstrumentExposureMember
2189 Total equity exposure [member] Member abev:TotalEquityExposureMember
2190 Total risk exposures [member] Member abev:TotalRiskExposuresMember
2191 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2192 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2193 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2194 Fair value of hedging instruments Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:FinancialInstrumentsDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsAtFairValue
2195 Sensitivity value level, probable scenario Concept (Monetary) For Period abev:FinancialInstrumentsDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsEffectsAtProbableScenarioProFormaBasis
2196 Sensitivity value level, adverse scenario Concept (Monetary) For Period abev:FinancialInstrumentsDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsEffectsAtAdverseScenarioProFormaBasis
2197 Sensitivity value level, remote scenario Concept (Monetary) For Period abev:FinancialInstrumentsDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsEffectsAtRemoteScenarioProFormaBasis
2198 Fair value of hedging instrument transactions Concept (Monetary) For Period abev:TransactionsAffectingFinancialInstrumentsDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsAtFairValueProFormaBasis
2199 Fair value of hedges and transactions Concept (Monetary) As Of abev:FinancialInstrumentsDesignatedAsHedgingInstrumentsAtFairValueNetProFormaBasis
2200 151 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks - Notional and Fair Value Amounts per Instrument and Maturity (Details) Network

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2201 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2202 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
2203 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
2204 Total cost exposure [member] Member abev:TotalCostExposureMember
2205 Commodity risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:CommodityRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2206 American dollar risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2207 Euro risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:EuroRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2208 Mexican Pesos risk portion of cost exposure [member] Member abev:MexicanPesosRiskPortionOfCostExposureMember
2209 Total fixed asset exposure [member] Member abev:TotalFixedAssetExposureMember
2210 American Dollar risk portion of fixed assets exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfFixedAssetsExposureMember
2211 Total expenses exposure [member] Member abev:TotalExpensesExposureMember
2212 Euro risk portion of fixed assets exposure [member] Member abev:EuroRiskPortionOfFixedAssetsExposureMember
2213 American Dollar risk portion of the expenses exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfTheExpensesExposureMember
2214 Rupee risk portion of the expenses exposure [member] Member abev:RupeeRiskPortionOfTheExpensesExposureMember
2215 Total cash exposure [member] Member abev:TotalCashExposureMember
2216 Interest rate risk portion of the cash exposure [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskPortionOfTheCashExposureMember
2217 American Dollar risk portion of the cash exposure [member] Member abev:AmericanDollarRiskPortionOfTheCashExposureMember
2218 Total debts exposure [member] Member abev:TotalDebtsExposureMember
2219 Interest rate risk portion of the debts exposure [member] Member abev:InterestRateRiskPortionOfTheDebtsExposureMember
2220 Total equity exposure [member] Member abev:TotalEquityExposureMember
2221 Stock prices risk portion of equity exposure [member] Member abev:StockPricesRiskPortionOfEquityExposureMember
2222 Total risk exposures [member] Member abev:TotalRiskExposuresMember
2223 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
2224 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
2225 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
2226 Later than one year and not later than two years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanTwoYearsMember
2227 Later than two years and not later than three years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanTwoYearsAndNotLaterThanThreeYearsMember
2228 Later than four years [member] Member abev:LaterThanFourYearsMember
2229 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2230 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2231 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2232 Notional value Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:NotionalAmount
2233 Fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValue
2234 152 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks - Financial Instruments Recognized in the Financial Statements (Details) Network

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2236 Classes of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
2237 Financial assets, class [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsMember
2238 Financial asset, cash and cash equivalents [member] Member abev:FinancialAssetCashAndCashEquivalentsMember
2239 Trade receivables [member] Member ifrs-full:TradeReceivablesMember
2240 Financial asset, investment securities [member] Member abev:FinancialAssetInvestmentSecuritiesMember
2241 Derivatives [member] Member ifrs-full:DerivativesMember
2242 Derivative hedge [member] Member abev:DerivativeHedgeMember
2243 Categories of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
2244 Financial assets, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCategoryMember
2245 Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeCategoryMember
2246 Financial assets at amortised cost, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtAmortisedCostCategoryMember
2247 Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLossCategoryMember
2248 Classes of financial liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis
2249 Financial liabilities, class [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesMember
2250 Trade payables and put option granted on subsidiary and other liabilities [member] Member abev:TradePayablesAndPutOptionGrantedOnSubsidiaryAndOtherLiabilitiesMember
2251 Financial liabilities, derivatives [member] Member abev:FinancialLiabilitiesDerivativesMember
2252 Derivative hedge [member] Member abev:DerivativeHedgeMember
2253 Interest-bearing loans and borrowings [member] Member abev:InterestbearingLoansAndBorrowingsMember
2254 Categories of financial liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialLiabilitiesAxis
2255 Financial liabilities, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesCategoryMember
2256 Financial liabilities at amortised cost, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesAtAmortisedCostCategoryMember
2257 Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLossCategoryMember
2258 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2259 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2260 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2261 Financial asset Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssets
2262 Financial liability Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilities
2263 153 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks - Fair Value Hierarchy (Details) Network

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2265 Levels of fair value hierarchy [axis] Axis ifrs-full:LevelsOfFairValueHierarchyAxis
2266 All levels of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:AllLevelsOfFairValueHierarchyMember
2267 Level 1 of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:Level1OfFairValueHierarchyMember
2268 Level 2 of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:Level2OfFairValueHierarchyMember
2269 Level 3 of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:Level3OfFairValueHierarchyMember
2270 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2271 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2272 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2273 Financial asset at fair value through other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
2274 Financial asset at fair value through profit or loss Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
2275 Derivatives assets at fair value through profit or loss Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DerivativeFinancialAssets
2276 Derivatives - operational hedge Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:DerivativeFinancialAssetsHeldForHedgingOperationalHedges
2277 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValue
2278 Financial liabilities at fair value through profit and loss (i) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
2279 Derivatives liabilities at fair value through profit or loss Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DerivativeFinancialLiabilities
2280 Derivatives liabilities - operational hedge Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:DerivativeFinancialLiabilitiesHeldForHedgingOperationalHedge
2281 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilitiesAtFairValue
2282 154 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Financial Instruments and Risks - Reconciliation of Changes in the Categorization of Level 3 (Details) Network

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2283 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2284 Levels of fair value hierarchy [axis] Axis ifrs-full:LevelsOfFairValueHierarchyAxis
2285 All levels of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:AllLevelsOfFairValueHierarchyMember
2286 Level 3 of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:Level3OfFairValueHierarchyMember
2287 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2288 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2289 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2290 Financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilities
2291 Acquisition of investments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:TransfersIntoLevel3OfFairValueHierarchyLiabilities
2292 Total gains and losses in the year Concept (Monetary) For Period abev:LossesGainsRecognizedInTheYearFairValueMeasurementLiabilities
2293 Losses/(gains) recognized in net income Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:GainsLossesRecognisedInProfitOrLossFairValueMeasurementLiabilities
2294 Losses/(gains) recognized in equity Concept (Monetary) For Period abev:GainsLossesRecognisedEquityFairValueMeasurementLiabilities
2295 Financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilities
2296 155 - Disclosure - Note 28 - Operating Leases (Details Textual) Network

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2297 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2298 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2299 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2300 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2301 Total lease and sublease payments recognised as expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:LeaseAndSubleasePaymentsRecognisedAsExpense
2302 156 - Disclosure - Note 28 - Operating Leases - Maturities (Details) Network

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2303 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2304 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
2305 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
2306 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
2307 Later than one year and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
2308 Later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
2309 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2310 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2311 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2312 Operating leases maturities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayable
2313 157 - Disclosure - Note 29 - Collateral and Contractual Commitments with Suppliers, Advances From Customers and Other (Details Textual) Network

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2314 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2315 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2316 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2317 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2318 Collateral and other commitments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CollateralAndOtherCommitments
2319 Cash guarantees Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CashGuarantees
2320 Guarantees held for derivative instruments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:GuaranteesHeldForDerivativeInstruments
2321 158 - Disclosure - Note 29 - Collateral and Contractual Commitments with Suppliers, Advances From Customers and Other - Components of Collateral and Commitments (Details) Network

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2322 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2323 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2324 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2325 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2326 Collateral given for own liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AssetsHeldAsCollateralPermittedToBeSoldOrRepledgedAtFairValue
2327 Other commitments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:OtherCommitmentsHeld
2328 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:CollateralAndOtherCommitments
2329 Commitments with suppliers Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:CommitmentsWithSuppliers
2330 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:TotalExposureLiabilities
2331 159 - Disclosure - Note 29 - Collateral and Contractual Commitments with Suppliers, Advances From Customers and Other - Future Contractual Commitments (Details) Network

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2332 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2333 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
2334 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
2335 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
2336 Later than one year and not later than two years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanTwoYearsMember
2337 Later than two years [member] Member abev:LaterThanTwoYearsMember
2338 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2339 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2340 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2341 Future contractual commitments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:TotalExposureLiabilities
2342 160 - Disclosure - Note 30 - Contingent Liability (Details Textual) Network

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2343 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2344 Classes of contingent liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfContingentLiabilitiesAxis
2345 Contingent liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:ContingentLiabilitiesMember
2346 Tax contingent liability [member] Member ifrs-full:TaxContingentLiabilityMember
2347 Legal proceedings contingent liability [member] Member ifrs-full:LegalProceedingsContingentLiabilityMember
2348 Tax contingent liability related to expenses [member] Member abev:TaxContingentLiabilityRelatedToExpensesMember
2349 Tax contingent liability related to taxes paid abroad [member] Member abev:TaxContingentLiabilityRelatedToTaxesPaidAbroadMember
2350 Legal proceedings contingent liability related to unconditional discounts [member] Member abev:LegalProceedingsContingentLiabilityRelatedToUnconditionalDiscountsMember
2351 Tax contingent liability relating to Manaus Free Trade Zone - ZFM [member] Member abev:TaxContingentLiabilityRelatingToManausFreeTradeZoneZfmMember
2352 Tax contingent liability relating to IPI excise taxes [member] Member abev:TaxContingentLiabilityRelatingToIpiExciseTaxesMember
2353 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
2354 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
2355 Anheuser-Busch Inbev Services LLC [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschInbevServicesLlcMember
2356 Beverage Associates Holding Limited [member] Member abev:BeverageAssociatesHoldingLimitedMember
2357 Department of Federal Revenue of Brazil [member] Member abev:DepartmentOfFederalRevenueOfBrazilMember
2358 Brazilian Tax authorities [member] Member abev:BrazilianTaxAuthoritiesMember
2359 Brazilian federal tax authorities [member] Member abev:BrazilianFederalTaxAuthoritiesMember
2360 Superior Court of Justice and the Brazilian Supreme Court [member] Member abev:SuperiorCourtOfJusticeAndTheBrazilianSupremeCourtMember
2361 States of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and other States [member] Member abev:StatesOfSoPauloRioDeJaneiroMinasGeraisAndOtherStatesMember
2362 State of Minas Gerais [member] Member abev:StateOfMinasGeraisMember
2363 Rio de Janeiro [member] Member abev:RioDeJaneiroMember
2364 State of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro [member] Member abev:StateOfMinasGeraisAndRioDeJaneiroMember
2365 State of Pernambuco [member] Member abev:StateOfPernambucoMember
2366 Claimants in Canada [member] Member abev:ClaimantsInCanadaMember
2367 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
2368 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
2369 Cervecería Nacional Dominicana S.A. [member] Member abev:CerveceraNacionalDominicanaSaMember
2370 AROSUCO AROMAS E SUCOS LTDA. [member] Member abev:ArosucoAromasESucosLtdaMember
2371 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2372 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2373 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2374 Estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:EstimatedFinancialEffectOfContingentLiabilities
2375 Estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities, percentage reimbursement Concept (Percent) As Of abev:EstimatedFinancialEffectOfContingentLiabilitiesPercentageReimbursement
2376 Total provisions Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Provisions
2377 Tax assessment from tax body Concept (Monetary) As Of abev:TaxAssessmentFromTaxBody
2378 Plaintiff, amount sought Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:PlaintiffAmountSought
2379 Estimated financial effect of contingent assets Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:EstimatedFinancialEffectOfContingentAssets
2380 161 - Disclosure - Note 30 - Contingent Liability - Estimates of Amounts of Possible Losses (Details) Network

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2381 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2382 Classes of contingent liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfContingentLiabilitiesAxis
2383 Contingent liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:ContingentLiabilitiesMember
2384 Income tax and social contribution [member] Member abev:IncomeTaxAndSocialContributionMember
2385 Value added and excise taxes [member] Member abev:ValueAddedAndExciseTaxesMember
2386 PIS and COFINS tax contingent liability [member] Member abev:PISAndCOFINSTaxContingentLiabilityMember
2387 Labor contingent liability [member] Member abev:LaborContingentLiabilityMember
2388 Civil proceedings contingent liability [member] Member abev:CivilProceedingsContingentLiabilityMember
2389 Other contingent liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherContingentLiabilitiesMember
2390 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2391 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2392 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2393 Estimates of amounts of possible losses Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:EstimatedFinancialEffectOfContingentLiabilities
2394 162 - Disclosure - Note 31 - Non-cash Items - Investment and Financing Activities Not Involving Cash (Details) Network

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2395 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2396 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2397 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2398 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2399 Acquisition of investments payables Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:NoncashItemsAcquisitionOfInvestmentsPayables
2400 Cash financing cost other than interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:NoncashItemsCashFinancingCostOtherThanInterests
2401 PERT 2017 Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:NoncashItemsFederalTaxAmnestyProgram
2402 Fair value of options granted on subsidiary Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:NoncashItemsFairValueOfOptionsGrantedOnSubsidiary
2403 Exchange transaction of shareholdings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:NoncashItemsExchangeTransactionOfShareholdings
2404 Effect of application of IAS 29 (hyperinflation) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:NoncashItemsEffectOfApplicationOfIAS29
2405 Others Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit abev:NoncashItemsOthers
2406 163 - Disclosure - Note 32 - Related Parties (Details Textual) Network

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2407 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2408 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2409 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2410 Fundacao Zerrenner [member] Member abev:FundacaoZerrennerMember
2411 Anheuser-Busch, Inc [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschIncMember
2412 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
2413 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
2414 Active employees [member] Member abev:ActiveEmployeesMember
2415 Retirees [member] Member abev:RetireesMember
2416 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2417 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2418 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2419 Percentage of ownership held by a related party Concept (Percent) As Of abev:PercentageOfOwnershipHeldByARelatedParty
2420 Expenses incurred by a related party Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:ExpensesIncurredByARelatedParty
2421 Recognised finance lease as assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:RecognisedFinanceLeaseAsAssets
2422 Annual lease payment Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:AnnualLeasePayment
2423 Transfers under licence agreements from entity, related party transactions Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:TransfersUnderLicenseAgreementsFromEntityRelatedPartyTransactions
2424 Transfers under licence agreements to entity, related party transactions Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:TransfersUnderLicenseAgreementsToEntityRelatedPartyTransactions
2425 164 - Disclosure - Note 32 - Related Parties - Expenses Related to Management Members (Details) Network

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2426 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2427 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2428 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2429 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2430 Short-term benefits (i) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationShorttermEmployeeBenefits
2431 Share-based payments (ii) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationSharebasedPayment
2432 Total key management remuneration Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensation
2433 165 - Disclosure - Note 32 - Related Parties - Transactions With Related Parties (Details) Network

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2434 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2435 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2436 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2437 Anheuser-Busch Procurement [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschProcurementMember
2438 Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group Inc. [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschPackagingGroupIncMember
2439 Anheuser-Busch Inbev USA LLC [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschInbevUsaLlcMember
2440 Anheuser-Busch InBev N.V. [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschInBevNvMember
2441 Compañia Cervecera Ambev Peru S.A.C. [member] Member abev:CompaiaCerveceraAmbevPeruSacMember
2442 Cervecería Modelo de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V. [member] Member abev:CerveceriaModeloDeMexicoSDeRlDeCvMember
2443 Inbev Belgium N.V. [member] Member abev:InbevBelgiumNvMember
2444 Other related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherRelatedPartiesMember
2445 Interbrew International B.V. [member] Member abev:InterbrewInternationalBvMember
2446 Anheuser-Busch Inbev Services LLC [member] Member abev:AnheuserBuschInbevServicesLlcMember
2447 Cervecería Modelo de Guadalajara S.A. [member] Member abev:CerveceiraModeloDeGuadalajaraSaMember
2448 Bavaria S.A. [member] Member abev:BavariaSaMember
2449 Ambrew S.A. [member] Member abev:AmbrewSaMember
2450 Panamá Holding [member] Member abev:PanamaHoldingMember
2451 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2452 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2453 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2454 Trade receivables, related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:TradeReceivablesRelatedPartyTransactions
2455 Other trade receivables, related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit abev:OtherTradeReceivablesRelatedPartyTransactions
2456 Trade payables, related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:TradePayablesRelatedPartyTransactions
2457 Other trade payables, related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:OtherTradePayablesRelatedPartyTransactions
2458 Borrowings and interest payable, related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:BorrowingsAndInterestPayableRelatedPartyTransactions
2459 Dividends payables, related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit abev:DividendsPayableRelatedPartyTransactions
2460 Buying/service fees/rentals, related partie Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:BuyingServiceFeesAndRentalsRelatedPartyTransactions
2461 Sales, related parties Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromSaleOfGoodsRelatedPartyTransactions
2462 Royalties/benefits, related parties Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:RoyaltiesAndBenefitsRelatedPartyTransactions
2463 Net finance cost, related parties Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit abev:NetFinanceCostRelatedPartyTransactions
2464 166 - Disclosure - Note 35 - Events After the Reporting Period (Details Textual) Network

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2465 Statement Table [Table] Table

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2466 Classes of contingent liabilities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfContingentLiabilitiesAxis
2467 Contingent liabilities [member] Member ifrs-full:ContingentLiabilitiesMember
2468 Tax contingent liability [member] Member ifrs-full:TaxContingentLiabilityMember
2469 Legal proceedings contingent liability related to the Integration Programme/Social Security Financing Levy [member] Member abev:LegalProceedingsContingentLiabilityRelatedToTheIntegrationProgrammesocialSecurityFinancingLevyMember
2470 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
2471 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
2472 Brazilian Tax authorities [member] Member abev:BrazilianTaxAuthoritiesMember
2473 Brazilian federal tax authorities [member] Member abev:BrazilianFederalTaxAuthoritiesMember
2474 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
2475 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
2476 AROSUCO AROMAS E SUCOS LTDA. [member] Member abev:ArosucoAromasESucosLtdaMember
2477 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
2478 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
2479 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems abev:StatementLineItems
2480 Estimated financial effect of contingent liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:EstimatedFinancialEffectOfContingentLiabilities

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