SELECT 
  q_product_feature_variants.variant_id, 
  q_product_feature_variants.position, 
  q_product_feature_variants.color, 
  q_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant 
FROM 
  q_product_feature_variants 
  LEFT JOIN q_product_feature_variant_descriptions ON q_product_feature_variants.variant_id = q_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant_id 
  AND q_product_feature_variant_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  q_product_feature_variants.variant_id IN (
    28, 5837, 5962, 6076, 6078, 6162, 6227, 
    6773, 6781, 6790, 6791, 6792, 6806, 
    6811, 6812, 6813, 7613
  ) 
ORDER BY 
  q_product_feature_variants.position ASC, 
  q_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant ASC

Query time 0.00071

JSON explain

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            ],
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            "index_condition": "(`portal`.`q_product_feature_variants`.`variant_id` in (28,5837,5962,6076,6078,6162,6227,6773,6781,6790,6791,6792,6806,6811,6812,6813,7613))",
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            },
            "used_columns": [
              "variant_id",
              "color",
              "position"
            ]
          }
        },
        {
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            ],
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              "lang_code"
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      ]
    }
  }
}

Result

variant_id position color variant
7613 0 Generic
6791 0 Bertha
28 0 Calvin Klein
6813 0 Caravelle New York
5837 0 Casio
6227 0 Citron
6781 0 DREAMING Q&P
6790 0 Empress
6811 0 FANMIS
6078 0 Flo
6076 0 Geneva
6812 0 Jade LeBaum
6773 0 SINOBI
6806 0 Sinobi
5962 0 Spectrum
6792 0 Timex
6162 0 Viser