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|Inventories                 | INVENTORIESInventories consist primarily of raw materials and packaging (which include ingredients and supplies) and finished goods (which include concentrates and syrups in our concentrate operations and finished beverages in our finished product operations). Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market. We determine cost on the basis of the average cost or first-in, first-out methods. Inventories consisted of the following (in millions):October 2, 2015December 31, 2014Raw materials and packaging$1,505$1,615Finished goods1,0951,134Other310351Total inventories$2,910$3,100
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|Raw materials and packaging | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Finished goods              | 1,095                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Other                       | 310                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
|Total inventories           | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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