Tubular container with independently openable compartments

A tubular composite container for food products, comprising:

• a tubular composite body having a body wall which defines inner and outer surfaces and comprising at least one paperboard strip wrapped about an axis of the container to form a paperboard tube, a liner covering the inner surface of the body wall and comprising a layer of polymer film which forms an inner surface of the container, and an exterior label layer covering the outer surface of the body wall, the body defining two opposite end openings;
• a divider disposed within the body partway along the length thereof and affixed to the liner and comprising a generally circular disk of composite material which is folded along the peripheral edge of the disk to form a cylindrical flange depending from the disk, the flange being attached to the liner of the body, the divider partitioning the body into two tubular compartments each accessible through one of the end openings;
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• a pair of removable and replaceable end closures applied to opposite ends of the body for sealingly closing the end openings.