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 16, 2018
		By:	/s/ David H. Knopf
			David H. Knopf
			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 16, 2018
Bernardo Hees	(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ David H. Knopf	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	February 16, 2018
David H. Knopf	(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Christopher R. Skinger	Vice President, Global Controller	February 16, 2018
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/ David H. Knopf
	David H. Knopf
	Attorney-In-Fact
	February 16, 2018

The Kraft Heinz Company

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

For the Years Ended December 30, 2017, December 31, 2016 and January 3, 2016

(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 30, 2017
Allowances related to trade accounts receivable	$	20	$	8		$	1		$	(6	)	$	23
Allowances related to deferred taxes	89		(9		)	—			—			80
	$	109	$	(1	)	$	1		$	(6	)	$	103
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


(a)	Primarily relates to acquisitions and currency translation.

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