Ethanol is produced by fermenting sugars and starches from biomass feedstocks like grains, cellulosic materials, and waste products. The production process involves milling the feedstock, cooking it to produce fermentable sugars, fermenting the sugars with yeast to produce ethanol, distilling the ethanol to increase its concentration, and denaturing the ethanol before blending it with gasoline. Ethanol has benefits as a fuel such as being renewable, having a high octane rating, and being suitable for high compression engines. However, it is not suitable for use in diesel engines due to differences in their combustion processes.