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<headerData>
<submissionType>144</submissionType>
<filerInfo>
<filer>
<filerCredentials>
<cik>0001853885</cik>
<ccc>XXXXXXXX</ccc>
</filerCredentials>
</filer>
<liveTestFlag>LIVE</liveTestFlag>



</filerInfo>
</headerData>
<formData>
<issuerInfo>
<issuerCik>0000835011</issuerCik>
<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>Lux Children Irrevocable Trust dated May 24, 2012, Leslie Lux, Trustee</nameOfPersonForWhoseAccountTheSecuritiesAreToBeSold>
<relationshipsToIssuer>
<relationshipToIssuer>10% Owner</relationshipToIssuer>
</relationshipsToIssuer>
</issuerInfo>
<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>
</securitiesInformation>
<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>
</address>
</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.  The 33,000 shares included in the Securities Sold During The Past 3 Months section were sold by the Ann S. Lux 2005 Irrevocable Trust
FBO Paul S. Lux dated September 16, 2005, as to which Paul S. Lux, husband of Leslie Lux, serves as Sole Investment Trustee.  Such trust also has filed its own separate Form 144 with respect to these sales.</remarks>
<noticeSignature>
<noticeDate>09/15/2026</noticeDate>
<signature>/s/ Leslie Lux, Trustee</signature>
</noticeSignature>
</formData>
</edgarSubmission>
