K-beauty functional ingredients
Type an ingredient. Each guide reads only the Korean MFDS functional cosmetics codex and the legal list of functional types, quoting the approved wording. We do not rank or recommend products.
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- Brightening / 'whitening' (types 1-2)
- Wrinkle care (type 3)
- UV protection (type 5)
- Hair colour change (type 6)
- Hair removal (type 7)
- Acne-prone skin, cleansers only (type 9)
- Hair-loss symptom relief (type 8)
Ingredients by function 108 items · 1 guides
Brightening / 'whitening' (types 1-2) 8
- Alpha-Bisabolol coming soon
- Arbutin coming soon
- Ascorbyl Glucoside coming soon
- Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate coming soon
- Broussonetia Extract coming soon
- Ethyl Ascorbyl Ether coming soon
- Niacinamide coming soon
- Oil Soluble Licorice (Glycyrrhiza) Extract coming soon
Wrinkle care (type 3) 4
- Adenosine
- Polyethoxylated Retinamide coming soon
- Retinol coming soon
- Retinyl Palmitate coming soon
UV protection (type 5) 27
- 4-Methylbenzylidene Camphor coming soon
- Benzophenone-3 coming soon
- Benzophenone-4 coming soon
- Benzophenone-8 coming soon
- Bis-Ethylhexyloxyphenol Methoxyphenyl Triazine coming soon
- Butyl Methoxydibenzoylmethane (Avobenzone) coming soon
- Cinoxate coming soon
- Diethylamino Hydroxybenzoyl Hexyl Benzoate coming soon
- Diethylhexyl Butamido Triazone coming soon
- Digalloyl Trioleate coming soon
- Dimethicodiethylbenzalmalonate (Polysilicone-15) coming soon
- Disodium Phenyl Dibenzimidazole Tetrasulfonate coming soon
- Drometrizole coming soon
- Drometrizole Trisiloxane coming soon
- Ethylhexyl Dimethyl PABA coming soon
- Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate coming soon
- Ethylhexyl Salicylate coming soon
- Ethylhexyl Triazone coming soon
- Homosalate coming soon
- Isoamyl p-Methoxycinnamate coming soon
- Menthyl Anthranilate coming soon
- Methylene Bis-Benzotriazolyl Tetramethylbutylphenol coming soon
- Octocrylene coming soon
- Phenylbenzimidazole Sulfonic Acid coming soon
- Terephthalylidene Dicamphor Sulfonic Acid coming soon
- Titanium Dioxide coming soon
- Zinc Oxide coming soon
Hair colour change (type 6) 63
- 1,3-Benzenediamine Hydrochloride coming soon
- 1,5-Dihydroxynaphthalene coming soon
- 1-Hydroxyethyl-4,5-Diaminopyrazole Sulfate coming soon
- 2,4-Diaminophenol Hydrochloride coming soon
- 2,4-Diaminophenoxyethanol Hydrochloride coming soon
- 2,6-Diaminopyridine coming soon
- 2-Amino-3-hydroxypyridine coming soon
- 2-Amino-4-nitrophenol coming soon
- 2-Amino-5-nitrophenol coming soon
- 2-Amino-5-nitrophenol Sulfate coming soon
- 2-Methyl-5-Hydroxyethylaminophenol coming soon
- 2-Methylresorcinol coming soon
- 5-Amino-o-Cresol coming soon
- 5-Amino-o-Cresol Sulfate coming soon
- 6-Hydroxyindole coming soon
- Ammonium Persulfate coming soon
- Catechol coming soon
- Ferrous Sulfate Hydrate coming soon
- Gallic Acid coming soon
- Hematein coming soon
- Henna Leaf Powder coming soon
- Hydrogen Peroxide Solution 35 % coming soon
- Hydrogen Peroxide Solution 50 % coming soon
- Hydroxybenzomorpholine coming soon
- Hydroxypropyl bis(N-hydroxyethyl-p-phenylenediamine) Hydrochloride coming soon
- Monoethanolamine coming soon
- N,N-Bis(2-hydroxyethyl)-p-phenylenediamine Sulfate coming soon
- N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-nitro-p-phenylenediamine coming soon
- N-Phenyl-p-Phenylenediamine coming soon
- Nitro-p-Phenylenediamine coming soon
- Phenyl Methyl Pyrazolone coming soon
- Picramic Acid coming soon
- Potassium Persulfate coming soon
- Powdered Indigofera Tinctoria Leaf coming soon
- Pyrogallol coming soon
- Resorcinol coming soon
- Sodium Hydroxide coming soon
- Sodium Perborate tetrahydrate coming soon
- Sodium Perborate, Monohydrate coming soon
- Sodium Percarbonate coming soon
- Sodium Persulfate coming soon
- Sodium Picramate coming soon
- Steartrimonium Chloride coming soon
- Strong Ammonia Solution coming soon
- Toluene-2,5-diamine coming soon
- Toluene-2,5-diamine Hydrochloride coming soon
- Toluene-2,5-diamine Sulfate coming soon
- m-Aminophenol coming soon
- m-Aminophenol Sulfate coming soon
- m-Phenylenediamine coming soon
- m-Phenylenediamine Sulfate coming soon
- o-Aminophenol coming soon
- o-Aminophenol Sulfate coming soon
- o-Chloro-p-phenylenediamine Sulfate coming soon
- p-Aminophenol coming soon
- p-Aminophenol Sulfate coming soon
- p-Methylaminophenol Sulfate coming soon
- p-Nitro-o-Phenylenediamine coming soon
- p-Nitro-o-Phenylenediamine Sulfate coming soon
- p-Phenylenediamine coming soon
- p-Phenylenediamine Hydrochloride coming soon
- p-Phenylenediamine Sulfate coming soon
- α-Naphthol coming soon
Hair removal (type 7) 1
- Thioglycolic Acid 80 % coming soon
Acne-prone skin, cleansers only (type 9) 1
- Salicylic Acid coming soon
Hair-loss symptom relief (type 8) 4
- Biotin coming soon
- Dexpanthenol coming soon
- Zinc Pyrithione coming soon
- l-Menthol coming soon
Source: MFDS Notice 'Standards and Test Methods for Functional Cosmetics' (기능성화장품 기준 및 시험방법), annexes 1-10. Not medical advice; functional claims are limited to the approved wording. Updated 2026-10-13.