Smart Ones Sesame Noodles With Vegetables

Smart Ones Sesame Noodles With Vegetables is a single-serve frozen entrée you’d spot in the supermarket freezer aisle among other diet-conscious microwavable meals — think Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice and other Smart Ones varieties — often shelved near frozen vegetables and ready-meal sections. It’s pitched as a quick, lower-calorie solution for solo lunches or simple weeknight dinners: a lo mein–style enriched pasta tossed in a sesame-tomato-soy sauce with sugar snap peas, broccoli, carrots and red bell pepper. The brand leans into convenience and portion control, using language like “smart choices,” prominent calorie counts and WW Points® to attract weight-conscious shoppers, busy parents, college students and people looking for an easy, budget-friendly meal. Packaging is a shallow microwave tray inside a printed cardboard sleeve with nutrition and microwave directions front-and-center; the ritual is familiar — slit or peel the film, microwave, stir and eat straight from the tray. Sensory cues promise soft, springy noodles and tender-crisp vegetables coated in a slightly sweet, savory sesame-tomato glaze with sesame seeds and a hint of ginger and garlic; roasted sesame oil and soy flavors are the main aromatic notes. Labeling leans on health-halo signals (calorie count, fiber, “vegetable equivalents” callout) rather than organic or non-GMO certification; ingredient list does include “natural flavor” but no organic claims. In plain terms, this is a highly processed, ready-to-heat frozen meal made with pre-cooked pasta and formulated sauce components (e.g., modified starches, sweeteners and flavor concentrates), designed for convenience rather than from-scratch cooking.