SELECT 
  pfv.variant_id, 
  pfv.position, 
  pfvd.variant 
FROM 
  cscart_product_feature_variants AS pfv 
  INNER JOIN cscart_product_feature_variant_descriptions AS pfvd ON pfv.variant_id = pfvd.variant_id 
  AND pfvd.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  pfv.variant_id IN (
    1973, 1904, 2497, 2501, 1803, 2124, 1723, 
    1659, 1660, 2348, 2345, 2370, 2374, 
    1905, 1789, 2499, 1787, 1900, 1899
  )

Query time 0.00062

JSON explain

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          ]
        }
      },
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