Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Tanya Jeradechachai Joins MGP as a Vice President of Ingredient Solutions R&D MGP Ingredients, Inc.December 17, 2020 GMT ATCHISON, Kan., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MGP Ingredients, Inc. (Nasdaq: MGPI) has hired Tanya Jeradechachai as a vice president of Ingredient Solutions R&D. Her experience in grain science and managing product development from concept to commercialization supports MGP’s role helping customers succeed with fast-paced new product development. Jeradechachai joins MGP from Bay State Milling Co., where she was Manager of Research-Principal Scientist from 2014-2020 and led the commercialization of high-amylose wheat fiber and other variety specific ingredients. She also managed in-house research projects regarding the biochemistry, structure, and functionality of fiber, starch, and protein in food systems. Before her work with Bay State, Tanya was a Crop Quality Specialist at the Northern Crops Institute from 2008-2014. She assisted in research on plant proteomic and insect lipid biochemistry at the USDA-ARS in Fargo, N.D., from 2005-2008.