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What is Aspergillus Ferment?

Role not confirmed

We haven't written up what this ingredient does yet. The products below feature it as a key ingredient.

Anything to watch out for?

Some products' ingredient lists mark this ingredient as below. If a mark's reason fits your skin, it is the ingredient to weigh in those products.

This is a fungal-acne trigger, one of the ingredients people with fungal acne avoid.
Marked this way on 12 products.

Each mark comes from matching the product's full ingredient list against lists for fragrance, labeled fragrance allergens, drying alcohols, essential oils, fungal acne, pore clogging, and pregnancy caution.

Which products feature it?

2 of the 2320 products we've checked feature this as a key ingredient. Products that disclose a concentration or list it near the top of the ingredient list come first.

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  • WIZARD JOSEON

    Nuruk Balm

    It's made for a brighter skin tone.

    Key Aspergillus Ferment (#3 on the ingredient list), Niacinamide 2%, Tranexamic Acid 2%

    Official (Korean)
    28 claims, summarized
    Only partly backed:
    less visible dark spots · softer-looking fine lines · a brighter skin tone
    Tests passed:
    hypoallergenic · skin irritation
    See each claim

    Claims, checked

    • ✔Blemish improvement 158.6% improvement clinical trial completedpartly backed
    • ✔ Stocked in dermatology clinics and pharmaciespartly backed
    • ✔Contains blemish-suppressing kojic acid , blemish eraser tranexamic acidpartly backed
    • Whitening·Wrinkle improvement dual functional cosmeticspartly backed
    • Manufactured in a CGMP-certified facilitypartly backed
    • Nuruk kojic acid 8% + tranexamic acid 2% + niacinamide 2%partly backed
    • Total 12% · 120,000ppmpartly backed
    • Fermented ingredients 14%partly backed
    • Completed the skin low-irritation test and the skin sensitivity test.partly backed
    • Patent No. 10-2472487 — UR-Shine, registered November 25, 2022partly backed
    • Contains 146,500ppm of premium fermented nurukpartly backed
    • Skin low-irritation test completedpartly backed
    • Skin sensitivity test completedpartly backed
    • [Whitening*Wrinkle improvement dual functional cosmetics]partly backed
    • Lightens the color of melanin pigment deposited on the skin, cultivating dark and dull skin tone into something even clearer and more radiantpartly backed
    • Blemishes that disappear while you sleepoverstated
    • A naturalist blemish sleeping cream born after long years of researchoverstated
    • The clinical trial for blemishes that disappear while you sleep does not lie!overstated
    • The optimal 3-ingredient recipe combination that definitely improves even blemishes you already haveoverstated
    • Tranexamic acid penetrates deep into the skin and removes the root of inner blemishes that do not show on the surface.overstated
    • Designed around ingredients that even pregnant women can use.no supporting source found
    • The first-ever blemish sleeping packno supporting source found
    • Plant-derived ingredients, low-irritation peace of mind 0.00no supporting source found
    • Niacinamide, the only whitening functional ingredient, erases visible surface blemishes to make skin clear and transparent.no supporting source found
    • Rice-EGF derived from rice cells builds the skin's self-sustaining environment and helps improve blemish area.no supporting source found
    • The patented ingredient UR-Shine, a natural fruit extract mixture, charges the skin with vitamin C to help with blemish improvement and whitening.no supporting source found
    • Filled with plant-derived natural ingredients so that even sensitive and troubled skin can be used with confidence.no supporting source found
    • Quality verified internally and externallynothing specific to check