Form: 10-Q

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

99.1

Published on

Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION
OF
PERIODIC REPORT

I, Laidacker M. Seaberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of MGP
Ingredients, Inc. (the "Company"), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

(1) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended
September 30, 2002, (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or
78o(d)); and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



Dated: November 13, 2002


/s/ Laidacker M. Seaberg
Laidacker M. Seaberg
President and Chief Executive Officer