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.
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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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