MGP Ingredients Inc. MGPI

What this company does

MGP Ingredients, Inc. produces branded spirits through its distilleries and bottling facilities for sale to distributors, produces distilled spirits including bourbon, rye and other whiskeys and grain neutral spirits such as vodka and gin for sale to manufacturers of other branded spirits, and produces protein and starch food ingredients sold directly or through distributors to manufacturers, processors and bakeries. As of December 31, 2025, it had a total of 617 employees. It reports three operating segments: Branded Spirits, Distilling Solutions, and Ingredient Solutions. During 2025, its five largest Branded Spirits customers, combined, accounted for approximately 25 percent of its consolidated sales. Under its Distilling Solutions segment, it processes corn and other grains, including rye, barley, wheat, barley malt and milo, into food grade alcohol and distillery co-products such as distillers feed, produced at its distilleries in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, and Bardstown, Kentucky. Its Ingredient Solutions segment consists primarily of specialty wheat starches, specialty wheat proteins, commodity wheat starches, and commodity wheat protein products sold to customers pursuant to purchase orders. MGP Ingredients, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 in Kansas, continuing a business originally founded by Cloud L. Cray, Sr. in Atchison, Kansas in 1941.

Written from the business description in MGP INGREDIENTS INC's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 25 February 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.