中文摘要：

山药含有多种具有生物活性的化学成分,且具有很高的营养及药用价值,因此以山药为原料进行食品及饮料的研发具有很高的商业价值.山药软饮料大体分为四类：山药原汁饮料、复合型山药饮料、山药发酵饮料以及山药固体饮料,总结与归纳了不同分类山药软饮料的配方、工艺及特点,并对未来的研究方向进行展望.

英文摘要：

Yam contains a variety of bioactive compounds with high nutritional and medicinal value, thus the development of food and beverage using yam have high commercial value. There are mainly four categories of yam containing soft drinks., yam beverage, compound yam beverage, fermented yam beverage and solid yam beverage. The formula, process and characteristics of these beverages were summarized according to different categories, and the future research direc- tions were also forecasted.