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) February 10, 2003





                              MGP Ingredients, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


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


                                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)



Item 7. Exhibits

        99.1 Press  Release  dated  February  10,  2003,  filed  solely  for the
             purposes of incorporation by reference into Item 9 herein.

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure.

     Attached as Exhibit 99.1 and filed solely for the purposes of incorporation
into this Item 9, is a press  release  which was issued on February  10, 2003 by
MGP Ingredients,  Inc.,  announcing  second quarter operating results for fiscal
year 2003.

     An investors conference call will take place at 10:00 a.m. central standard
time on Tuesday,  February 11. The Company's senior  management will discuss the
Company's second quarter results and certain forward looking  information during
the conference  call.  Interested  persons may listen to the conference call via
telephone  by dialing  (888)  417-2310  before  9:55  a.m.,  or access it on the
Internet at www.mgpingredients.com.

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: February 10, 2003            By: /s/ Laidacker M. Seaberg
                                           Laidacker M. Seaberg
                                           President and Chief Executive Officer


                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

99.1  Press  Release dated  February 10, 2003,  filed solely for the purposes of
      incorporation by reference into Item 9 herein.