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What the ingredients say
Read from the label order, stated amounts and each ingredient’s clinical evidence
Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate, with clinical evidence for blemishes, is in at the amount studies used (10%).
Niacinamide, with clinical evidence for dark spots, is in, likely at the amount studies used.
Ascorbic Acid, which the product is named after, is present at only 0.01%.
- no fragrance
Best-supported ingredient per concern
- DrynessGlycerinevidence B+at least 10% · study amount
- Skin barrierGlycerinevidence Bat least 10% · study amount
- BlemishesSodium Ascorbyl Phosphateevidence B10% stated · study amount
- Dark spotsNiacinamideevidence Blikely enough
- OilinessNiacinamideevidence B-likely enough
- PoresNiacinamideevidence Clikely enough
Evidence-graded ingredients and how much is in
Listed before an ingredient whose amount is known, so it holds at least 10% — at or above what studies used (3–10%).
Dryness B+ · Skin barrier B
The label states 10% — the amount studies used (1–5%).
Blemishes B · Dark spots C
No amount is stated. Judging by 254 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 93%.
Dark spots B · Oiliness B- · Skin barrier B- · Blemishes B- · Pores C · Lines C
No amount is stated. Judging by 85 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 11%.
Skin barrier B+ · Dryness C
No amount is stated. Judging by 175 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 12%.
Dryness B · Lines D
3 more evidence-graded ingredients
No amount is stated. Judging by products that state an evidence-graded ingredient at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 5%.
Lines D
The label states 0.01% — under a hundredth of what studies used (10–20%).
Dark spots B+ · Lines B · Firmness C
No amount is stated. Judging by 140 products that state it at this place on the label, the chance it reaches the amount studies used is about 0%.
Dryness B · Lines D
Amounts on the label
- Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphatein the name10%1% or more
- Morinda Citrifolia Extract0.012%trace (under 0.1%)
- Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract0.012%trace (under 0.1%)
- Apium Graveolens Stem Extract0.012%trace (under 0.1%)
- Brassica Oleracea Acephala Leaf Extract0.012%trace (under 0.1%)
- Cichorium Intybus Leaf Extract0.012%trace (under 0.1%)
- Ascorbic Acidin the name0.01%trace (under 0.1%)
- Persea Gratissima OIL0.00012%trace (under 0.1%)
- Pistacia Vera Seed OIL0.00012%trace (under 0.1%)
Korean law requires a product to state the amount of any ingredient in its name.
How this was read
Labels list ingredients above 1% from most to least, then those at 1% or less in any order. A product filed with Korea's MFDS as functional is read as holding the notified amount of its efficacy ingredient when the label carries only one for that effect, and anything listed before an ingredient of known amount as holding at least that much. Amounts in the product name or official description are used only where the label order allows them. Where no amount is stated, the chance of reaching the study amount comes from other products that state the same ingredient at the same place on their labels. Evidence grades were set by reading each ingredient's studies.
- A
- several randomised trials or a meta-analysis
- B
- one or two randomised trials
- C
- uncontrolled or multi-ingredient studies
- D
- lab work or a record only
A reading of ingredient evidence and the label, not a guarantee that this product works.
Ingredients
Full ingredient list as published on the official product page, in descending order of content.
All 33 ingredients at a glance
Colours follow each ingredient’s use (CosIng functions); the bar counts names. Not amounts, not a safety score.
Aqua, Glycerin, Sodium Ascorbyl Phosphate100,000ppm, Isopentyldiol, Butylene Glycol, 1, 1,2-Hexanediol, Niacinamide, Dipropylene Glycol, Citric Acid, Octyldodeceth-2, Estimated 1% or less from hereXanthan GUM, Panthenol, Sodium Metabisulfite, Ethylhexylglycerin, Morinda Citrifolia Extract120ppm, Terminalia Ferdinandiana Fruit Extract120ppm, Apium Graveolens Stem Extract120ppm, Brassica Oleracea Acephala Leaf Extract120ppm, Cichorium Intybus Leaf Extract120ppm, Ascorbic Acid100ppm, Ferulic Acid, Caprylyl Glycol, Dextrin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Polyglyceryl-4 Caprate, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Extract, Coptis Japonica Extract, Persea Gratissima OIL1.2ppm, Pistacia Vera Seed OIL1.2ppm, Hyaluronic Acid, Hydrolyzed Hyaluronic Acid, Sodium Hyaluronate
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