SELECT 
  a.modifier, 
  a.modifier_type, 
  IF(
    shared_option_variants.variant_id IS NOT NULL, 
    shared_option_variants.modifier, 
    a.modifier
  ) as modifier, 
  IF(
    shared_option_variants.variant_id IS NOT NULL, 
    shared_option_variants.modifier_type, 
    a.modifier_type
  ) as modifier_type, 
  a.variant_id 
FROM 
  cscart_product_option_variants a 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_ult_product_option_variants shared_option_variants ON shared_option_variants.variant_id = a.variant_id 
  AND shared_option_variants.company_id = 1 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND a.variant_id IN (748)

Query time 0.00033

JSON explain

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    },
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          ],
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          "rows_produced_per_join": 1,
          "filtered": "0.00",
          "const_row_not_found": true,
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          },
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            "company_id",
            "modifier",
            "modifier_type"
          ]
        }
      },
      {
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          ],
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          ],
          "key_length": "3",
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          ],
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          "rows_produced_per_join": 1,
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          },
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          ]
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}