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The present invention provides a method of improving the ethanol yield in production of an ethanol-containing product from a lignocellulosic biomass and a sugar product containing fermentable sugars derived from a sugar-rich material. The method comprises treatment, involving hydrolysis, of said lignocellulosic biomass in one or more steps to obtain lignocellulose-derived treatment products including fermentable sugars; and fermentation, using a fermenting agent, of a mixture comprising at least part of said lignocellulose-derived treatment products and said fermentable sugars derived from said sugar-rich material to obtain the ethanol-containing product, wherein an amount of said sugar product is mixed with an amount of at least one of the following: (i) lignocellulose-derived material in the treatment; (ii) lignocellulose-derived treatment products from the treatment; and (iii) lignocellulose-derived treatment products in the fermentation, such that said fermentable sugars derived from said sugar-rich material and said at least part of said lignocellulose-derived treatment products are present in the mixture, and said amounts are controlled such that the fermenting agent is subjected to stress by lignocellulose-derived treatment products to the extent that the ethanol yield is improved. Further, a corresponding method using a starch-rich starting material is provided as well as a corresponding use, composition and system.

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