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SKINFOOD Black Sugar Perfect Enzyme Powder Wash

Ingredient analysis and how the ad lines read

Read on 2026-10-01

What is this product?

Skinfood Black Sugar Perfect Enzyme Powder Wash is a powder facial cleanser sold as a box of thirty 1.2 g single-use pouches on the brand's own online store. Its printed list has 36 entries, opening with corn starch, two mild acyl surfactants (sodium cocoyl isethionate and sodium lauroyl glutamate), diglycerin, betaine and allantoin, with papain at 8th, a fragrance entry at 10th, lactobionic acid at 12th, a run of amino acids and a fig extract. The brand calls it a five-in-one cleansing booster with a weakly acidic pH of 5.8, and prints no test figures and no entry named for black sugar.

What makes it different?

A single-use pouch powder wash that pairs a papain enzyme and a lactobionic acid on a mild acyl surfactant base. Its copy leads with black sugar, yet no entry is named for black sugar among its 36, and it prints a pH of 5.8 with no test lines.

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 21 lines this product advertises against the ingredient list and public documents. Here is how they read: likely, not proven: 3 · partly backed: 10 · overstated ad line: 3 · no source confirms it: 4 · says nothing: 1.

Claims translated from Korean, originals preserved.

likely, not proven3

  • pH 5.8
  • 'PHA' extracted from milk sugar to help moist peeling
    Korean original

    우유의 당에서 추출하여 촉촉한 필링을 돕는 'PHA'

  • Hygienic use is possible with a moisture-resistant single-use pouch.
    Korean original

    습기에 강한 1회용 파우치로 위생적인 사용이 가능합니다.

partly backed10

  • With Black Sugar and plant-derived enzyme ingredients, RESET skin texture from the cleansing stage !
    Korean original

    블랙슈가와 식물 유래 효소 성분으로 클렌징 단계부터 피부결 RESET !

  • Black Sugar rich in moisture and minerals, with papain enzyme, a mild peeling ingredient, added to smoothly remove dead skin cells and impurities piled layer upon layer on the skin.
    Korean original

    수분과 미네랄이 풍부한 블랙 슈가에 마일드 필링 성분인 파파인 효소가 더해져 피부 겹겹이 쌓인 각질과 노폐물을 매끈하게 제거해 줍니다.

  • 5 IN 1 Multi Cleanser enjoyed with a single wash
    Korean original

    한 번의 세안으로 누리는 5 IN 1 멀티 클렌저

  • Gentle cleansing with creamy foam and weakly acidic formula
    Korean original

    크리미한 거품과 약산성 포뮬러로 순한 클렌징

  • The creamy foam that softly wraps the skin and the skin-comfortable weakly acidic pH formula deliver a moist finish without tightness.
    Korean original

    피부를 폭신하게 감싸는 크리미한 거품과 피부가 편안한 약산성 pH 포뮬라로 당김 없이 촉촉한 마무리감을 선사합니다.

  • Even dead skin cells and impurities piled layer upon layer, cleanly!
    Korean original

    겹겹이 쌓인 각질과 노폐물까지 말끔하게!

  • With an *enzyme peeling method that breaks down proteins rather than physical exfoliation, it gently cares for rough skin texture.
    Korean original

    물리적 각질 제거가 아닌 단백질을 분해하는 *효소 필링 방식으로 거친 피부결을 부드럽게 케어해 줍니다.

  • 'Fig Extract' containing ficin, a protein-degrading enzyme
    Korean original

    단백질 분해 효소인 피신을 함유한 '무화과 추출물'

  • The soft soft~ creamy foam that rises when it touches water gently wraps the face, minimizing skin irritation.
    Korean original

    물에 닿았을 때 올라오는 보들 보들~ 크리미한 거품이 얼굴을 포근하게 감싸주어 피부 자극을 최소화해 줍니다.

  • Powder formula with fine and soft particles that helps low-irritation cleansing
    Korean original

    곱고 부드러운 입자로 저자극 클렌징을 도와주는 파우더 제형

overstated ad line3

  • Mild peeling with Black Sugar and papain enzyme, without irritation even for sensitive skin
    Korean original

    블랙슈가와 파파인 효소로 민감 피부도 자극 없이 마일드 필링

  • Moist low-irritation powder wash that even sensitive skin can use without worry
    Korean original

    민감 피부도 걱정 없이 사용하는 촉촉 저자극 파우더 워시

  • Dense double cleansing that adsorbs dead skin cells and impurities with rich foam
    Korean original

    풍성한 거품으로 각질과 노폐물을 흡착하여 촘촘 더블 클렌징

no source confirms it4

  • Skin's natural smooth new texture awakened by Black Sugar and plant-derived enzymes
    Korean original

    블랙슈가와 식물 유래 효소로 깨우는 피부 본연의 매끈 새결

  • Low-irritation peeling, smooth and fine, through the synergy of mineral-rich Black Sugar and papain enzyme
    Korean original

    미네랄이 풍부한 블랙슈가와 파파인 효소의 시너지 효과로 매끈 촘촘하게 저자극 필링

  • Cleanly removes blackheads and old dead skin cells and delivers hydration with abundant moisture and minerals.
    Korean original

    블랙헤드와 묵은 각질을 말끔하게 제거해주고 풍부한 수분과 미네랄로 촉촉함을 선사합니다.

  • Maintains the oil-moisture balance that can be disrupted after cleansing
    Korean original

    세안 후 무너질 수 있는 유수분 밸런스를 유지해 줍니다

says nothing1

  • Cleansing booster that helps with even cleaner · more thorough cleansing depending on the situation
    Korean original

    상황 별 더욱 말끔 · 꼼꼼한 클렌징을 도와주는 클렌징 부스터

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