Producing fuel ethanol from cereals such as wheat and triticale can present quite a challenge. Non-starch polysaccharides, such as arabinoxylans and other pentosans, create high viscosity. Such viscosity limits the dry substance level in the process, increasing energy and water consumption and lowering ethanol yield. Non-starch polysaccharides further negatively impact downstream processing by reducing the efficiency of separation, evaporation, and heat exchange.