The reduction of resources needed for cleaning in food processing plants is economically and ecologically sensible. In this paper, the potential of the pulsating jet cleaning to increase the time-based cleaning efficiency is demonstrated through the identification of relevant process parameters. The influence of the frequency as well as of the duty cycle was studied at varied flow rate on a model soil, and a significant effect of the duty cycle has been demonstrated. With suitable pulsation parameters substantial savings of cleaning fluid are possible.