Form 8-K Filing

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 22, 2009

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.)


  100 Commercial Street, Box 130, Atchison, Kansas   66002  
  (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)  

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (913) 367-1480



Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



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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 which was issued on October 22, 2009, by the Company.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.

   99.1 Press Release dated October 22, 2009 furnished solely for the purpose of incorporation by reference into Items 7.01 and 9.01.

SIGNATURE

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

  MGP Ingredients, Inc.
Date: October 22, 2009  By: /s/ TIMOTHY W. NEWKIRK
Timothy W. Newkirk
President and Chief Executive Officer

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1     Press Release dated October 22, 2009, furnished solely for the purpose of incorporation by reference into Items 7.01 and 9.01.