8-K

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) October 13, 2005

MGP Ingredients, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

KANSAS	0-17196	48-0531200
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1300 Main Street

Box 130

Atchison, Kansas 66002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(913) 367-1480

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant

under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 7.01  Regulation FD Disclosure.

Attached as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference, is a press release issued by the Company on October 13 relating to the election of directors at the annual meeting of stockholders.

Item 9.01.Exhibits.

(c)  Exhibits

99.1Press Release dated October 13, 2005, furnished solely for the purpose of incorporation by reference into Item 7.01 and 9.01.

SIGNATURES

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

	MGP INGREDIENTS, INC.
Date: October 13, 2005	By:	/s/ Laidacker M. Seaberg
		Laidacker M. Seaberg
		President and Chief Executive Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1Press Release dated October 13, 2005, furnished solely for the purpose of incorporation by reference into Items  7.01 and 9.01.

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EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Contact:  Steve Pickman

913-367-1480

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  MGPI STOCKHOLDERS ELECT GARY GRADINGER
TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS; RE-ELECT LADD
SEABERG AND RANDY SCHRICK

ATCHISON, Kan., October 13, 2005—Gary Gradinger, chairman and chief executive officer of Golden Star, Inc., Kansas City, Mo., has been elected to the Board of Directors of MGP Ingredients, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGPI) by holders of the company’s common stock.  Ladd Seaberg, president and chief executive officer of MGP Ingredients, and Randy Schrick, vice president of manufacturing and engineering for the company, have been re-elected to the board by holders of MGPI’s preferred stock.  The terms of all three expire in 2008.

Results of the elections were announced at the company’s annual meeting of stockholders today in Atchison.  The elections were the only items on this year’s ballots.

Gradinger’s election to the board comes four months after he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Michael R. Haverty, who resigned from the board last December to devote more time to his responsibilities as chairman, president and chief executive officer of Kansas City Southern.  Since 1983, Gradinger has been chairman and CEO of Golden Star, a worldwide leader in the production of textile cleaning, communication and safety products.  Gradinger joined Golden Star in a sales and marketing capacity in 1968, rising to president ten years later.  The company owns manufacturing facilities in Kansas City and Atchison and also manufactures products in China and Mexico through joint venture arrangements.

Seaberg has been a member of MGPI’s board since 1979 and has served as president of the company since 1980 and CEO since 1988.  He joined the company in 1969, and was named vice president and manager of starch products in 1970, vice president and Atchison plant manager in 1972, and general manager of the Atchison operations in 1979.

Schrick was first elected to the board in 1987.  Prior to assuming the position of vice president of manufacturing and engineering in 2002, he had been vice president of operations for ten years and vice president and general manger of the company’s Pekin, Ill., plant for eight years. Before that, he served for 11 years in various management positions at both the Pekin and Atchison facilities.

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