SELECT 
  discussion.object_id AS product_id, 
  AVG(discussion_rating.rating_value) AS average_rating, 
  discussion.type AS discussion_type, 
  discussion.thread_id AS discussion_thread_id 
FROM 
  discussion 
  LEFT JOIN discussion_posts ON discussion_posts.thread_id = discussion.thread_id 
  AND discussion_posts.status = "A" 
  LEFT JOIN discussion_rating ON discussion.thread_id = discussion_rating.thread_id 
  AND discussion_rating.post_id = discussion_posts.post_id 
  AND discussion_rating.rating_value != 0 
WHERE 
  discussion.object_id IN (
    253994, 253993, 253998, 253995, 253990, 
    253986, 254004, 253989, 253997, 253991, 
    254003, 253996
  ) 
  AND discussion.object_type = "P" 
GROUP BY 
  discussion.object_id

Query time 0.00222

JSON explain

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            },
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            ]
          }
        },
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}