SELECT 
  c.company_id 
FROM 
  cscart_products_categories pc 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_categories c ON c.category_id = pc.category_id 
WHERE 
  pc.product_id = 1298 
GROUP BY 
  c.company_id

Query time 0.00046

JSON explain

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