POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Madeline Finney, Mark Davidson, Brandon Gall, Curtis
Landherr, Zoe Vantzos, and Michele Cox, or any of them signing singly,
and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)        prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of
reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2)        execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of MGP Ingredients,
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

	(3)        do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

	(4)        take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of
any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with
full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor
is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of this 27th day of May 2023.


By: /s/Lori L.S. Mingus
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Lori L.S. Mingus