Experiments were carried out to evaluate the influence of the addition of thiamine and manganese sulfate in the alcoholic fermentation of the sugar cane juice var. Co. 290. The results showed an activation of the alcoholic fermentation resulting in better alcoholic yields. The addition of the two substances together resulted in better yields than those obtained from fermenting juices enriched with only one of them. Still better yields were obtained by the enrichment of the sugar cane juice with rice polishings. Rice polishings seem to be active because of their high content in thiamine and/or perhaps by the presence of other substances which are useful for the yeast nutrition and activity such as pantothenic acid and manganese.