Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.

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Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.

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Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



		The Kraft Heinz Company
Date:	February 23, 2017
		By:	/s/ Paulo Basilio
			Paulo Basilio
			Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
			(Principal Financial Officer)

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated:



Signature	Title	Date

/s/ Bernardo Hees	Chief Executive Officer	February 23, 2017
Bernardo Hees	(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Paulo Basilio	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	February 23, 2017
Paulo Basilio	(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Christopher R. Skinger	Global Controller	February 23, 2017
Christopher R. Skinger	(Principal Accounting Officer)



Alexandre Behring*		Chairman of the Board

John T. Cahill*		Vice Chairman of the Board

Gregory E. Abel*		Director

Warren E. Buffett*		Director

Tracy Britt Cool*		Director

Feroz Dewan*		Director

Jeanne P. Jackson*		Director

Jorge Paulo Lemann*		Director

Mackey J. McDonald*		Director

John C. Pope*		Director

Marcel Herrmann Telles*		Director

*By: /s/ Paulo Basilio

Paulo Basilio

Attorney-In-Fact

February 23, 2017

The Kraft Heinz Company

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

For the Years Ended December 31, 2016, January 3, 2016 and December 28, 2014

(in millions)



			Additions					Deductions
Description	Balance at Beginning of Period		Charged to Costs and Expenses		Charged to Other Accounts(a)			Write-offs and Reclassifications		Balance at End of Period
Year ended December 31, 2016
Allowances related to trade accounts receivable	$	32	$	6	$	(4	)	$	14	$	20
Allowances related to deferred taxes	83		6		—			—		89
	$	115	$	12	$	(4	)	$	14	$	109
Year ended January 3, 2016
Allowances related to trade accounts receivable	$	8	$	5	$	20		$	1	$	32
Allowances related to deferred taxes	64		10		12			3		83
	$	72	$	15	$	32		$	4	$	115
Year ended December 28, 2014
Allowances related to trade accounts receivable	$	1	$	9	$	(1	)	$	1	8
Allowances related to deferred taxes	78		1		(15		)	—		$	64
	$	79	$	10	$	(16	)	$	1	$	72


(a)	Primarily relates to acquisitions and currency translation.

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