Lean Cuisine Favorites Cheese Ravioli Simple

Lean Cuisine Favorites Cheese Ravioli Simple is a microwavable frozen entrée you’ll find in the supermarket’s frozen meals section, shelved near other single-serve pasta dishes, frozen pizzas and TV-dinner style entrees. Packaged in an 8.5‑ounce plastic tray with a peel-back film, it presents a small portion of cheese-filled ravioli swathed in a tomato-based sauce — an easy grab for a lone diner or a busy household wanting a fast hot meal. This product slots into quick lunches, solitary weeknight dinners, and pantry-to-microwave convenience for students or workers grabbing something between commitments. Lean Cuisine’s brand positioning leans on portion control, calorie-conscious eating and approachable wellness; its marketing skews toward adults watching calories while still craving comfort foods. The label leans into health-friendly language — low calories (250), “no preservatives” claim in copy, and a highlighted calcium percentage — without organic certification or natural/clean-label seals. Ingredients list shows dairy cheeses, enriched flour and several texture/stability additives (modified food starch, xanthan, locust bean and guar gums), and typical frozen-meal salts and preservatives, reflecting a highly processed manufacturing context rather than homemade simplicity. Sensory impressions: warm, soft pasta pillows filled with mild ricotta-like cheese, a slightly sweet tomato sauce with a silky, stabilized mouthfeel, and a convenient microwave ritual — puncture film, heat ~5–6 minutes, let rest, eat out of the tray or plated with a side salad. For many American shoppers it’s a nostalgic, pragmatic comfort option — quick, predictable, and engineered for consistency and shelf stability.