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Ferment 발효

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Quick answer: Culturing an ingredient with micro-organisms before use. Korea's food culture ran on fermentation long before its cosmetics did, and 발효 on a label signals that lineage.

Culturing an ingredient with micro-organisms before use. Korea's food culture ran on fermentation long before its cosmetics did, and 발효 on a label signals that lineage.

🇰🇷 In Korean: 발효 — this is the word you'll see on Korean packaging and on Olive Young shelves.

Related ingredients

🍶 Galactomyces Ferment🧫 Bifida Ferment Lysate🧫 Lactobacillus Ferment🍶 Saccharomyces Ferment Filtrate

See also

📖 Essence📖 Fermentation📖 First essence

Every term in this glossary is used the way Korean brands and Korean dermatology-adjacent marketing actually use it — which is often narrower than the English equivalent implies.

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✍️ Written & reviewed by the KoreaPlus Editorial team — dermatologist-informed, cosmetic-science researched & source-cited. Last reviewed: 2026-08-10.

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