Better ingredients, biodesigned.

High performance ingredients without compromise, made for the world’s leading consumer goods manufacturers.

Materials for a better world

Enabling health, wellness, and
supply chain resilience

We collaborate with innovative brands and  manufacturers across the beauty, personal care and food sectors to deliver superior solutions to their customers who demand them.

Our partners are committed to developing performance-driven products that satisfy discerning customers who understand that personal health and planetary health are interconnected and essential. By incorporating C16's biomanufactured PalmlessTM ingredients, they also enhance the durability and security of their supply chains, reducing reliance on imported commodities subject to volatility.

If you share this vision, we’d love to work with you.

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Palmless™ platform

Introducing the new natural

Ingredients are the backbone of beauty, personal care, home care, and food products, but current sources are vulnerable to supply (and price) volatility, tariffs, and consumer and regulator pushback.

To power the next generation of consumer goods - products that are better performing and better for the planet - we developed a proprietary biomanufacturing platform to produce high value, high impact ingredients that can be scaled locally.

C16 Biosciences products

Palmless™ Torula Oil

Torula oil is a bioactive super-emollient that nourishes, repairs,  and protects. It is packed with antioxidant carotenoids, sterols and terpenoids demonstrated to improve skin barrier function, protect against UV rays, free radicals and environmental hazards, and reduce appearance of fine lines and redness.

Clinically proven to boost the performance of UVA and UVB protection in SPF formulations, Torula oil is beauty’s new super-ingredient.

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Palmless™ in Food

Leveraging advanced biotechnology and working hand-in-hand with leading food manufacturers, we've developed a portfolio of targeted, designer fats and oils that are safe, high performance, and naturally produced.

Lipids play a critical role in the majority of products on supermarket shelves – they provide the creamy mouthfeel in ice cream, the satisfying snap of a cookie, and the delightful spreadability of nut butters.

Together with our partners, we've demonstrated the versatility of Palmless™ fats and oils across bakery, confectionary, packaged food, and more.

PANGAIA LAB Rewild Body Block powered by Palmless™ Torula Oil

Palmless™ in Home & Personal Care

Triglycerides, fatty acids, and fatty alcohols are key functional ingredients driving performance in shampoos and soaps, toothpaste and laundry detergent.

We're producing non-palm kernel oil, non-petroleum derived fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and triglycerides for use in home and personal care.  These Palmless™ ingredients offer more secure, predictable sourcing of key performance ingredients that also meet the needs of upcoming regulations like EUDR and EUDDD. sustainable sourcing.

Meet C16 Bio

About us

We’re a team of scientists, engineers, brand-builders, and entrepreneurs working to decarbonize consumer products. As individuals, we want products that are good for human health and planetary health – so we’re taking initiative to build that future.

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Shara Ticku

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

David Heller

Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer

Commercial advisory board

Our group of experts providing strategic insights, advice, and guidance to C16 Biosciences to help us make informed decisions and achieve our goals.