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<submissionType>144/A</submissionType>
<previousAccessionNumber>0001140361-26-033350</previousAccessionNumber>
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<liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



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<issuerInfo>
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<issuerName>MGP INGREDIENTS INC</issuerName>
<secFileNumber>000-17196</secFileNumber>
<issuerAddress>
<com:street1>100 Commercial Street</com:street1>
<com:city>Atchison</com:city>
<com:stateOrCountry>KS</com:stateOrCountry>
<com:zipCode>66002</com:zipCode>
</issuerAddress>
<issuerContactPhone>913-367-1480</issuerContactPhone>
<nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>Ann S. Lux 2005 Irrevocable Trust FBO Paul S. Lux dated September 16, 2005, Paul S. Lux, Sole Investment Trustee</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
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<relationshipToIssuer>10% Owner</relationshipToIssuer>
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<securitiesInformation>
<securitiesClassTitle>COMMON</securitiesClassTitle>
<brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
<name>Charles Schwab Corporation</name>
<address>
<com:street1>3000 Schwab Way</com:street1>
<com:city>Westlake</com:city>
<com:stateOrCountry>TX</com:stateOrCountry>
<com:zipCode>76262</com:zipCode>
</address>
</brokerOrMarketmakerDetails>
<noOfUnitsSold>60731</noOfUnitsSold>
<aggregateMarketValue>896390</aggregateMarketValue>
<noOfUnitsOutstanding>21414076</noOfUnitsOutstanding>
<approxSaleDate>09/15/2026</approxSaleDate>
<securitiesExchangeName>NYSE</securitiesExchangeName>
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<securitiesToBeSold>
<securitiesClassTitle>COMMON</securitiesClassTitle>
<acquiredDate>04/01/2021</acquiredDate>
<natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>Merger</natureOfAcquisitionTransaction>
<nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>Issuer</nameOfPersonfromWhomAcquired>
<isGiftTransaction>N</isGiftTransaction>
<amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>27731</amountOfSecuritiesAcquired>
<paymentDate>04/01/2021</paymentDate>
<natureOfPayment>Other</natureOfPayment>
</securitiesToBeSold>
<nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>N</nothingToReportFlagOnSecuritiesSoldInPast3Months>
<securitiesSoldInPast3Months>
<sellerDetails>
<name>Ann S. Lux 2005 Irrevocable Trust FBO Paul S. Lux dtd 9/16/2005, Paul S. Lux, Sole Investmt. Trustee</name>
<address>
<com:street1>c/o Chris Erblich, Esq.</com:street1>
<com:street2>5060 North 40th Street, Suite 250</com:street2>
<com:city>Phoenix</com:city>
<com:stateOrCountry>AZ</com:stateOrCountry>
<com:zipCode>85018</com:zipCode>
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</sellerDetails>
<securitiesClassTitle>COMMON</securitiesClassTitle>
<saleDate>08/20/2026</saleDate>
<amountOfSecuritiesSold>33000</amountOfSecuritiesSold>
<grossProceeds>586222</grossProceeds>
</securitiesSoldInPast3Months>
<remarks>Shares were originally founder shares, that were then merged into MGPI on 04/01/2021.  This Amendment No. 1 to the Form 144 is being filed to update the amount of securities to be sold as reported in the original Form 144, which was filed on 08/17/2026, to include 27,731 shares inadvertently omitted from the original Form 144, which shares are held by the Lux Children Irrevocable Trust dated May 24, 2012 (the "Lux Children Trust"), as to which Leslie Lux, wife of Paul S. Lux, serves as Trustee, and as to which the Lux Children Trust is also filing a separate Form 144. The 33,000 shares reported as to be sold under the original Form 144 have since been sold, as reflected in the Securities Sold During The Past 3 Months section. The total of 60,731 shares to be sold as shown on this Amendment No. 1 includes both the 33,000 shares sold since the date of the original Form 144 and the 27,731 shares yet to be sold by the Lux Children Trust.</remarks>
<noticeSignature>
<noticeDate>09/15/2026</noticeDate>
<signature>/s/ Paul S. Lux, Sole Investment Trustee</signature>
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