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SKINFOOD Rice Brightening Pad

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-10-02

What is this product?

A 60 pad, 250g wipe on pad from SKINFOOD notified as a dual function cosmetic for whitening and wrinkle improvement. The printed list has 50 entries led by water, butylene glycol and glycerin, with niacinamide at position 4 and adenosine at 16, a polyhydroxy acid (gluconolactone) at 29, a protease at 46 and fragrance last. The brand shows single use pore readings and a two week brightness reading with small effects, one badge that does not reproduce from its own bars, and a 32 subject irritation result of 0.00.

What makes it different?

It carries a printed human application study with its own numbers, and one of those numbers does not reproduce from its own chart. It also combines a notified dual function status with an exfoliating pair, a polyhydroxy acid and an enzyme, at undisclosed levels and with a fragrance entry.

What is in it?

The full ingredient list as the brand publishes it, in the printed order. Each name links to what we know about that ingredient.

This brand publishes its ingredient list in Korean only. Names below are the matching INCI names from the Korean Cosmetic Association ingredient dictionary, except 1 with no dictionary entry, left in Korean.

Key ingredientWorth a closer look

Ingredients with no mark are ones we found nothing notable about, and when marks overlap on one ingredient we show the caution first.

Did the ad claims hold up?

We checked 29 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. Here is how they read: backed by evidence: 5 · likely, not proven: 2 · partly backed: 11 · overstated ad line: 2 · no source confirms it: 9.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

backed by evidence5

  • [Whitening · Wrinkle Improvement Dual Functional Cosmetic]
    Korean original

    [미백 · 주름개선 이중 기능성 화장품]

  • [Skin Irritation Test Completed]
    Korean original

    [피부자극테스트 완료]

  • [SKINFOOD Rice Brightening Pad] is judged to be a non-irritating product in terms of primary human skin irritation.
    Korean original

    [스킨푸드 라이스 브라이트닝 패드]는 인체 피부 일차자극 측면에서 비자극성 제품으로 판단된다.

  • Rice water, rice bran water, hydrolyzed rice protein, 17 types of amino acids*
    Korean original

    쌀수, 쌀겨수, 하이드롤라이즈드쌀단백질, 17종 아미노산*

  • Ministry of Food and Drug Safety review-approved wording present
    Korean original

    식품의약품안전처심사 필 문구 유

likely, not proven2

  • A soft and thick pure cotton pad fully soaked in essence delivers moisture to pores and provides a moist moisturizing feel without stickiness.
    Korean original

    에센스를 가득 머금어 부드럽고 도톰한 순면 패드가 모공에 수분을 선사하여 끈적임 없이 촉촉한 보습감을 선사합니다.

  • Watery essence formula that fills sufficient moisture without stickiness
    Korean original

    끈적임 없이 충분한 보습을 채워주는 워터리한 에센스 제형

partly backed11

  • A rice pad that effectively cares for pores with a thick pure cotton pad and delivers clear skin
    Korean original

    도톰한 순면 패드가 모공을 효과적으로 케어해 맑은 피부를 선사하는 라이스 패드

  • Improvement of enlarged pores with just 1 use
    Korean original

    단 1회 사용으로 넓은 모공 개선

  • Enlarged pore improvement 19.96%
    Korean original

    넓은 모공 개선 19.96%

  • Efficacy evaluation for preventing pore area increase caused by heat stimulation
    Korean original

    열 자극에 의한 모공 면적 증가 예방 효능 평가

  • Improvement of uneven skin texture (roughness) with just 1 use
    Korean original

    단 1회 사용으로 울퉁불퉁한 피부결(거칠기) 개선

  • Skin texture (roughness) improvement 7.22%
    Korean original

    피부결(거칠기) 개선 7.22%

  • Efficacy evaluation for improving skin brightness and clear (transparent) tone
    Korean original

    피부 밝기 및 맑은(투명)톤 개선 효능 평가

  • Skin brightness improvement +1.55%
    Korean original

    피부 밝기 개선 +1.55%

  • Clear (transparent) tone improvement +1.54%
    Korean original

    맑은(투명) 톤 개선 +1.54%

  • SKINFOOD's proprietary ingredient Rice Pore Complex helps with pore care and cultivates smooth skin texture.
    Korean original

    스킨푸드 독자 성분인 라이스 포어 콤플렉스가 모공 케어에 도움을 주어 부드러운 피부결로 가꿔줍니다.

  • PHA (gluconolactone) is a natural antioxidant ingredient that increases moisture supply, strengthens the skin barrier, and removes the dead skin cell layer and waste to evenly care for skin tone.
    Korean original

    PHA (글루코노락톤) 수분공급을 높여주는 천연 항산화 성분으로 피부 장벽을 강화해주며, 각질층과 노폐물을 제거하여 피부톤을 균일하게 케어 해줍니다.

overstated ad line2

  • Clinically proven pore & whitening effects
    Korean original

    임상으로 증명된 모공 & 미백 효과

  • Protease is an enzyme that breaks down proteins and peptides into smaller pieces, has an excellent dead skin cell removal effect, soothes old dead skin cells on the skin, and smoothly cares for rough skin texture.
    Korean original

    프로테아제 단백질과 펩타이드를 더 작게 분해하는 효소로 각질 제거 효과가 뛰어나 피부의 묵은 각질을 완화시켜주고, 거친 피부 결을 매끈하게 케어 해줍니다.

no source confirms it9

  • 439.33% improvement compared to no application
    Korean original

    무도포 대비 439.33% 개선

  • White Chrysanthemum Fermented Water, containing only the efficacious ingredients through the White Chrysanthemum Fermentation Method, helps care for a clear and transparent skin tone.
    Korean original

    백국발효공법으로 효능 성분만을 담은 백국발효수는 맑고 투명한 피부톤 케어에 도움을 줍니다.

  • Dipotassium glycyrrhizate is a plant-derived ingredient extracted from licorice root, effective for sebum control, and helps cultivate clean skin.
    Korean original

    다이포타슘글리시리제이트 감초 뿌리에서 추출한 식물성 성분으로 피지 조절에 효과적이며, 깨끗한 피부로 가꾸는데 도움을 줍니다.

  • Icheon rice, which is of good quality as it grows in clean water and fertile soil and is also famous as royal tribute rice offered to the king, is rich in high-quality plant proteins and vitamins that help with skin whitening and pore care.
    Korean original

    깨끗한 물, 기름진 토양에서 자라나 품질이 좋으며, 임금님께 올리는 진상미로도 유명한 이천쌀은 피부 미백과 모공 케어에 도움을 주는 양질의 식물성 단백질과 비타민이 풍부하게 함유되어 있습니다.

  • White Chrysanthemum Fermentation Method that extracts the deep nutrition of Icheon rice through 48-hour natural fermentation
    Korean original

    48시간 자연 발효를 통하여 이천쌀의 진한 영양을 추출한 백국발효공법

  • Seems to help improve enlarged pores 100%
    Korean original

    넓은 모공 개선에 도움이 되는 것 같다 100%

  • The product absorbs well into the skin 100%
    Korean original

    제품이 피부에 잘 흡수된다 100%

  • Overall satisfied with the product 100%
    Korean original

    제품에 대해 전반적으로 만족한다 100%

  • Vegan

Each line is quoted as the brand published it, and each one was read on its own against the ingredient list and the documents the brand publishes.

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