Guide to New Food Labels and Added Sugars | BestFoodFacts.org the fda defines added sugar as, "sugars that are either added during the processing of foods, or are packaged as such, and includes sugars (free, mono- and disaccharides), sugars from syrups and honey, and sugars from concentrated fruit or vegetable juices that are in excess of what would be expected from the same volume of 100 percent fruit or …