This does smell really bad. Fishy. I microwaved it in a bowl to get rid of the smell and yes it did get rid of the smell but not totally. The worse though is the consistency. It reminded me of worms so I just could not eat it. I tried to mix some of it with the regular spaghetti noodles I had cooked for my husband but I could not even stand to eat it mixed like that either. I wished I liked it because for 40 calories you cant beat it. But it was wormy. YUK.