SELECT 
  SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS products.product_id, 
  descr1.product as product, 
  companies.company as company_name, 
  popularity.total as popularity, 
  products.product_type, 
  products.parent_product_id 
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) 
  LEFT JOIN cscart_product_popularity as popularity ON popularity.product_id = products.product_id 
WHERE 
  1 
  AND companies.status IN ('A') 
  AND popularity.total >= 1 
  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 
  AND products.product_type != 'D' 
GROUP BY 
  products.product_id 
ORDER BY 
  popularity.total desc, 
  products.product_id ASC 
LIMIT 
  0, 8

Query time 0.00150

JSON explain

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  "query_block": {
    "select_id": 1,
    "cost": 0.35743628,
    "filesort": {
      "sort_key": "popularity.total desc, products.product_id",
      "temporary_table": {
        "nested_loop": [
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "popularity",
              "access_type": "index",
              "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "total"],
              "key": "total",
              "key_length": "7",
              "used_key_parts": ["product_id", "total"],
              "loops": 1,
              "rows": 56,
              "cost": 0.01486028,
              "filtered": 100,
              "attached_condition": "popularity.total >= 1",
              "using_index": true
            }
          },
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "products",
              "access_type": "eq_ref",
              "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "status", "idx_parent_product_id"],
              "key": "PRIMARY",
              "key_length": "3",
              "used_key_parts": ["product_id"],
              "ref": ["u985510652_gaurav.popularity.product_id"],
              "loops": 56,
              "rows": 1,
              "cost": 0.05500384,
              "filtered": 97.9903717,
              "attached_condition": "products.parent_product_id = 0 and (products.usergroup_ids = '' or find_in_set(0,products.usergroup_ids) or find_in_set(1,products.usergroup_ids)) and products.`status` = 'A' and products.product_type <> 'D'"
            }
          },
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "descr1",
              "access_type": "eq_ref",
              "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "product_id"],
              "key": "PRIMARY",
              "key_length": "9",
              "used_key_parts": ["product_id", "lang_code"],
              "ref": ["u985510652_gaurav.popularity.product_id", "const"],
              "loops": 54.87460978,
              "rows": 1,
              "cost": 0.094035326,
              "filtered": 100,
              "attached_condition": "trigcond(descr1.lang_code = 'en')"
            }
          },
          {
            "block-nl-join": {
              "table": {
                "table_name": "companies",
                "access_type": "ALL",
                "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
                "loops": 54.87460978,
                "rows": 2,
                "cost": 0.038072761,
                "filtered": 50,
                "attached_condition": "companies.`status` = 'A'"
              },
              "buffer_type": "flat",
              "buffer_size": "88KiB",
              "join_type": "BNL",
              "attached_condition": "companies.company_id = products.company_id"
            }
          },
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "prices",
              "access_type": "ref",
              "possible_keys": [
                "usergroup",
                "product_id",
                "lower_limit",
                "usergroup_id"
              ],
              "key": "usergroup",
              "key_length": "3",
              "used_key_parts": ["product_id"],
              "ref": ["u985510652_gaurav.popularity.product_id"],
              "loops": 54.87460978,
              "rows": 1,
              "cost": 0.053749602,
              "filtered": 97.63779449,
              "attached_condition": "prices.lower_limit = 1 and prices.usergroup_id in (0,0,1)"
            }
          },
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "products_categories",
              "access_type": "ref",
              "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "pt"],
              "key": "pt",
              "key_length": "3",
              "used_key_parts": ["product_id"],
              "ref": ["u985510652_gaurav.popularity.product_id"],
              "loops": 53.57835916,
              "rows": 1,
              "cost": 0.052972643,
              "filtered": 100,
              "using_index": true
            }
          },
          {
            "table": {
              "table_name": "cscart_categories",
              "access_type": "eq_ref",
              "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY", "c_status", "p_category_id"],
              "key": "PRIMARY",
              "key_length": "3",
              "used_key_parts": ["category_id"],
              "ref": ["u985510652_gaurav.products_categories.category_id"],
              "loops": 53.57835916,
              "rows": 1,
              "cost": 0.048741828,
              "filtered": 100,
              "attached_condition": "(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)"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Result

product_id product company_name popularity product_type parent_product_id
280 T-shirt, Color: Black CS-Cart 58 P 0
282 T-shirt, Color: Blue CS-Cart 56 P 0
12 100g Pants CS-Cart 49 P 0
180 18-55mm Portrait Lens CS-Cart 36 P 0
1 65" Class (64.5" Diag.) LED 8000 Series Smart TV CS-Cart 27 P 0
78 adizero Rush Shoes CS-Cart 27 P 0
248 X-Box One CS-Cart 27 P 0
278 T-shirt, Color: White CS-Cart 21 P 0