<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a facility for producing ethanol, enabling feedstocks to be continuously procured in performing commercial ethanol production in Japan, and capable of utilizing carbon dioxide as a byproduct in the ethanol production and also of producing food materials of high added value from residues as another byproduct. <;P>;SOLUTION: A system for producing ethanol and a functional food is provided, comprising the grain preparation and processing step of husking a feedstock, the step of producing ethanol by inoculating the husked feedstock with koji mould to saccharify the feedstock and by adding yeast to the saccharified feedstock to effect alcoholic fermentation, and the step of producing the functional food by subjecting the husks resulted from the first step to extraction utilizing the ethanol produced or carbon dioxide as a byproduct to obtain functional ingredients. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT