SELECT 
  SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS products.product_id, 
  descr1.product as product, 
  companies.company as company_name, 
  products.product_type, 
  products.parent_product_id, 
  IF(
    products.age_verification = 'Y', 
    'Y', 
    IF(
      cscart_categories.age_verification = 'Y', 
      'Y', cscart_categories.parent_age_verification
    )
  ) as need_age_verification, 
  IF(
    products.age_limit > cscart_categories.age_limit, 
    IF(
      products.age_limit > cscart_categories.parent_age_limit, 
      products.age_limit, cscart_categories.parent_age_limit
    ), 
    IF(
      cscart_categories.age_limit > cscart_categories.parent_age_limit, 
      cscart_categories.age_limit, cscart_categories.parent_age_limit
    )
  ) as age_limit 
FROM 
  cscart_products as products 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_descriptions as descr1 ON descr1.product_id = products.product_id 
  AND descr1.lang_code = 'en' 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_prices as prices ON prices.product_id = products.product_id 
  AND prices.lower_limit = 1 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_companies AS companies ON companies.company_id = products.company_id 
  INNER JOIN cscart_products_categories as products_categories ON products_categories.product_id = products.product_id 
  INNER JOIN cscart_categories ON cscart_categories.category_id = products_categories.category_id 
  AND (
    cscart_categories.usergroup_ids = '' 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(
      0, cscart_categories.usergroup_ids
    ) 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(
      1, cscart_categories.usergroup_ids
    )
  ) 
  AND cscart_categories.status IN ('A', 'H') 
  AND cscart_categories.storefront_id IN (0, 1) 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND cscart_categories.category_id IN (294) 
  AND companies.status IN ('A') 
  AND (
    products.usergroup_ids = '' 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(0, products.usergroup_ids) 
    OR FIND_IN_SET(1, products.usergroup_ids)
  ) 
  AND products.status IN ('A') 
  AND prices.usergroup_id IN (0, 0, 1) 
  AND products.parent_product_id = 0 
GROUP BY 
  products.product_id 
ORDER BY 
  products.timestamp desc, 
  products.product_id ASC 
LIMIT 
  0, 12

Query time 0.00301

JSON explain

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              ],
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            }
          },
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          },
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}