- INCI Name:Aspergillus/Rice Ferment Extract
- Ingredient Origin:Natural Origin, Non-Animal Origin, Plant Origin
- Labeling Claims:Plant-Based, Naturally Derived, Ulta Beauty's Conscious Beauty
- Certifications & Compliance:CosIng Listed
- Benefit Claims:Whitening, Skin Whitening
Makgeolli is one kind of unrefined rice wine. After fermentating rice or wheat mixed with water and nuruk - yeast for making makgeolli-, we filter them without removing clear rice wine of its upper part. And then, we mix water with it and filer again. Compared to other alcohols, it has enriched proteins, organic acids, and yeast. Organic acids like lactic acid and citric acid in makgeolli is effective in removing dead skin cells. Recently, it is being reported that makgeolli can supress inflammation and tyrosinase's activity.