UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~August~~December 221, 2025 (~~August~~November 1824, 2025)

STARCO BRANDS, INC.

(Exact name of Company as specified in its charter)

Nevada	000-54892	27-1781753
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)	File Number)	Identification Number)

706 N. Citrus ~~Ave.~~Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90038

(Address of principal executive offices)

~~323~~(844) 478-~~266-7111~~2726

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Class A ~~common~~Common ~~stock~~Stock STCB OTC Markets Group OTCQB tier

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Item 51.0201 ~~Departure~~Entry ofinto ~~Directors~~a orMaterial ~~Certain~~Definitive ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers~~Agreement

~~(b)~~ On November ~~August 18~~24, 2025, Starco Brands, Inc. (the “Company”), ~~eliminated~~its ~~the~~subsidiaries, ~~position~~and ofGibraltar ~~Chief~~Business ~~Marketing~~Capital, ~~Officer~~LLC ~~and~~(“Lender”) entered Mrinto Amendment No. ~~David Dreyer,~~1 (the ~~Chief~~“Amendment”) ~~Marketing~~to ~~Officer~~the ofForbearance ~~the~~Agreement, ~~Company~~effective July 18, ~~departed~~2025, ~~effective~~related ~~immediately~~to its revolving loan facility (the “Forbearance Agreement”). The ~~elimination~~Amendment ofacknowledges the ~~position~~existence ~~was~~of acertain ~~result~~continuing events of adefault ~~continued~~and ~~strategic~~provides ~~initiative~~that, subject to ~~streamline~~specified conditions, the ~~Company’s~~Lender ~~organizational~~will ~~structure.~~forbear ~~This~~from ~~decision~~exercising ~~reflects~~remedies ~~the~~related ~~Company’s ongoing~~to ~~plans~~those todefaults ~~enhance~~through December ~~operational~~31, ~~efficiency~~2025, ~~and~~or ~~optimize~~additional ~~resource~~events ~~allocation~~of default. NoThe ~~replacement~~Amendment ~~will~~does benot ~~appointed~~constitute ~~for~~a ~~this~~waiver ~~role~~of any defaults, ~~its~~and the Lender reserves ~~responsibilities~~all ~~will~~rights beand ~~integrated~~remedies ~~across~~under ~~existing~~the ~~leadership~~Loan ~~teams~~Documents (as defined therein).

The foregoing summary of the terms of the Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Capitalized terms used in this Item 1.01 but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Promissory Note, Security Agreement or Warrant, as applicable.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosures set forth in Item 1.01 are hereby incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

The following exhibits are filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K:

Exhibit Number		Description
10.1		Amendment No. 1 to Forbearance Agreement, dated November 24, 2025, by and among Starco Brands, Inc., Whipshots Holdings, LLC, Whipshots, LLC, The AOS Group Inc., Skylar Body, LLC, Soylent Nutrition, Inc. and Gibraltar Business Capital, LLC.
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File – the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	STARCO BRANDS, INC.
Dated: August 22, 2025	/s/ Ross Sklar
Dated: December 1, 2025	/s/ Ross Sklar
	Ross Sklar
	Chief Executive Officer

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