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Look at how much sugar is in the food you eat every day, then look up how much sugar you are recommended to consume every day. There isn't a daily value % next to the sugar content on food labels.
It doesn't list a DV for carbohydrates, but it does list a DV for added sugar which is the real problem. It would be really hard for someone to eat enough fruit to really overdo the sugar, but at least they'd get a lot of good fiber along with it doing so. Added sugar is just too easy a carb source but whole food sugars are pretty well balanced.
This is a topic near to my heart. As someone with Type 1 diabetes, and someone that loves fruit, I'm very good at tracking carbs and sugar in various fruits.
If you stick to fresh fruits, you're probably fine. The real concern comes when people mistake things like fruit juice or fruit that's been packaged in a can and soaking in high-fructose corn syrup for god knows how long and calling it "fruit". On things like that, hitting that daily 300g of carbs is surprisingly easy.