Lena Butz is a PhD candidate at the University of Hohenheim at the department of Prof. Dr. Mario Jekle. Following her master’s degree, she joined Gropper GmbH & Co. KG as a product developer in 2022. She completed her M.Sc. in Food Science and Engineering at the University of Hohenheim in 2022, including a semester abroad at Aarhus University in Denmark, focusing on dairy technology. Prior to that, she earned her B.Sc. in Food Science and Biotechnology at the University of Hohenheim, complemented by a stay abroad at Teagasc – the Agriculture and Food Development Authority in Ireland in 2018. Her broader research interests include addressing the challenges of incorporating dietary fibres into different food matrices, particularly with regard to functional properties within the framework of an agroecological transformative food system.